Emergencias
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Historical Article
SEMES' long road to specialty status for emergency medicine in Spain.
July 2 of this year saw the publication of Spanish Royal Decree 610/2024, which establishes emergency medicine as an official specialization. This event represents the culmination of a long-running effort to improve the care of patients in the emergency and urgent care system and throughout the national health service. This article offers a brief account of some of the legal, administrative, and political steps the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine(SEMES) took to achieve this goal over the course of nearly 40 years. ⋯ Competences in these areas have been shown to fall short in Spain. The article provides examples of some of the bright lights and dim shadows in our rule of law. Nonetheless, the long road traveled has also shown us how skills and knowledge are developed in adverse circumstances and crises, provided there is vocation for public service.
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Observational Study
Safety and efficacy of electric cardioversion in the emergency department: analysis of associated factors according to gender.
To explore the safety and effectiveness of electric cardioversion to treat atrial fibrillation in a hospital emergency department (ED). ⋯ Cardioversion is a useful, effective, and safe treatment for atrial fibrillation in the ED, although there are frequent recurrences. Factors associated with recurrence differ according to sex.
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To estimate the association between disability and the demand for medical emergency care by citizens of Peru over the age of 18 years in 2019. ⋯ Disabled persons were more likely to have medical emergencies than persons without disabilities in Peru in 2019. The likelihood of medical emergencies was slightly higher in those with 3 or more disabilities.
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
Interim analysis of phase-2 results from the SYMEVECA study on new modes of ventilation for patients during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.