Annals of emergency medicine
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To describe exposures that prehospital and ED personnel may encounter as a result of hazardous material incidents. ⋯ Multiple victim transport to EDs from a single hazardous material incident is most likely to result from an inhalation exposure to a respiratory irritant. Information from descriptive studies should allow improved preparation for potential hazardous material victims.
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Tenure was designed to guarantee academic freedom through lifelong job security. Productive research, especially in the basic sciences, is the main criterion for tenure at most institutions; therefore faculty in more clinically focused specialties may experience more difficulty obtaining tenure. We examined the relationship between academic emergency medicine and tenure. ⋯ Most eligible emergency medicine faculty members are not tenured or on track to become tenured, and fewer emergency medicine faculty are tenured compared with the more traditional specialties. Emergency medicine may be vulnerable to being considered less academic unless its faculty members gain access to the tenure process.
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Previously published research (phase I) demonstrated a concerning misinterpretation rate of cranial computed tomography (CT) scans by emergency physicians. This study (phase II) determined whether an abbreviated educational session would improve emergency physician interpretation skills of cranial CT scans. ⋯ Within the limits of this study, we conclude that emergency physicians' interpretation skills of cranial CT scans may be improved using a 1-hour educational session.
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Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
Restraint position and positional asphyxia.
To determine whether the "hobble" or "hog-tie" restraint position results in clinically relevant respiratory dysfunction. ⋯ In our study population of healthy subjects, the restraint position resulted in a restrictive pulmonary function pattern but did not result in clinically relevant changes in oxygenation or ventilation.