Articles: emergency-medicine.
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This commentary expands on concepts on research funding within emergency medicine as developed in Part I of the Future of Emergency Medicine Research Conference proceedings. Specifically, this article focuses on strategies to enhance the support of research emergency medicine and development of the research infrastructure in the specialty.
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[Must the accident victim be protected from the emergency physician?].
Quality control in preclinical medical care has become a matter of concern in recent years. In order to evaluate the quality of treatment one has to set standards. Most of the current standards were defined by different preclinical care organisations and are also accepted in the unique emergency medical care protocol used in the Federal Republic of Germany. ⋯ Insufficient application of resuscitation volume (< 2500 ml on admission) was evident in 17% of all documented patients. According to our results, the initial evaluation of severity of injury is still a major problem and leads to wrong decisions for treatment. Although the qualification of ambulance physicians has been standardized for some years, there are still clear deficits in the preclinical management of trauma patients that need to be targeted.
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The following commentaries give an outside perspective on the articles addressing emergency medicine research in Part I. Individuals from outside the specialty share insight from their own experiences, and are supportive of emergency medicine research efforts. [Ling LJ: Proceedings of the Future of Emergency Medicine Research Conference, Part II: Commentaries. Ann Emerg Med March 1998;31:295-296.].