Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Aug 2012
Case ReportsTerson's syndrome: subarachnoid haemorrhage presenting as sudden visual loss.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage is a condition that usually presents with headache and altered mental state. We report the case of a 50-year-old man with subarachnoid haemorrhage who presented with Terson's syndrome. This is a condition where there is retinal or vitreous haemorrhage secondary to subarachnoid or subdural haemorrhage.
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Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2012
One hundred tasks an hour: an observational study of emergency department consultant activities.
To determine work activity patterns undertaken by ED consultants. ⋯ ED consultants have very high hourly task rates dominated by communication and clinical activities and frequently multitask. The activity is relatively constant throughout the week but is influenced by sex and role delineation. Appreciation of activity distribution might allow informed interventions to realign the workload or divert tasks to supporting resources.