The Australian journal of rural health
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In rural Australia animal attacks and bites are an increasingly common phenomenon. The pufferfish is native to the north-eastern coast of Australia and is becoming increasingly tempted closer ashore. We present the first case and review of the literature of a vicious fish bite from this animal in a child in rural Australia.
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Aust J Rural Health · Oct 2013
ReviewWhat small rural emergency departments do: a systematic review of observational studies.
Small rural emergency facilities are an important part of emergency care in many countries. We performed a systematic review of observational studies to determine what is known about the patients these small rural emergency facilities treat, what types of interventions they undertake and how well they perform. ⋯ There is only enough evidence in the literature to make the most basic inferences about what small rural emergency departments do. To allow evidence-based improvement, descriptive studies must employ measures and methods validated in the wider emergency medicine literature, and other research techniques should be considered.