Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2011
Simple clinical targets associated with a high level of patient satisfaction with their pain management.
We aimed to determine factors that are significantly associated with a high level of patient satisfaction with their pain management. ⋯ Our 'adequate analgesia' definition might provide a useful clinical target, which, combined with adequate communication, might help maximize patient satisfaction.
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2011
Clinical TrialDelays in presentation with acute coronary syndrome in people with coronary artery disease in Australia and New Zealand.
To report time from the onset of symptoms to hospital presentation in Australian and New Zealand patients with subsequently confirmed acute coronary syndrome, and to identify factors associated with prehospital delay time in these patients. ⋯ The time from the onset of symptoms to hospital presentation was too long for maximal benefit from treatment in most patients. Further efforts are needed to reduce treatment-seeking delay in response to symptoms of acute coronary syndrome.
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Emerg Med Australas · Apr 2011
Editorial CommentIntravenous lipid emulsion: why wait to save a life?
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2011
Case Reports'Mass allergy': acute scombroid poisoning in a deployed Australian Defence Force health facility.
On the last night of disaster relief operations in Sumatra, Indonesia, a mass casualty event occurred that involved deployed Australian Defence Force personnel. Symptoms of acute urticaria, angioedema, wheeze and gastrointestinal upset were experienced to varying degrees by 16% of the deployed element. The present report describes a presumed scombroid poisoning cluster and demonstrates the difficulties of operating in a deployed environment, the confusion that might be associated with evolving non-kinetic mass casualties, and provides a learning opportunity for an unusual mass casualty incident.