Articles: emergency-medicine.
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An overview of emergency medical care in the New Delhi area is presented. Emergency medicine does not exist as an organized specialty, and emergency departments are staffed by a combination of residents and attending physicians from various specialties. An infrastructure for providing emergency care exists at all levels of the state-owned medical system, and in private hospitals. ⋯ Organized prehospital care is scanty. A survey conducted at a leading medical school and hospital in New Delhi shows medical students and physicians are highly interested in the development and practice of emergency medicine as a specialty. This interest can be nurtured through continued international collaboration.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
A multicenter study to improve emergency medicine residents' recognition of intracranial emergencies on computed tomography.
Cranial computed tomography (CT) has assumed a critical role in the practice of emergency medicine for the evaluation of intracranial emergencies. Several recent studies have documented a deficiency in the emergency physician's ability to interpret these studies. The purpose of this study was to quantify the baseline ability of emergency medicine residents to interpret cranial CTs, and to test a novel method of cranial CT interpretation designed for the emergency physician in training. ⋯ Emergency medicine residents are deficient in their ability to interpret cranial CT scans. A novel educational course was demonstrated to significantly improve this ability.
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The specialty of emergency medicine (EM) is becoming more and more involved in medical school education. The previous article discusses the integration of EM in medical school curricula. This outline was developed by the SAEM Undergraduate Education Committee to offer specific goals and objectives as well as suggestions for implementation of EM concepts into medical school curricula.
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To survey academic departments of emergency medicine (ADEMs) concerning the effects of managed care on their operation and practice. ⋯ ADEMs have experienced significant changes in nearly every aspect of their practice over the two academic years under study, much of which is due to managed care. ADEMs must take a leadership role in dealing with MCOs.