The Etiology of Trauma in Geriatric Traumatic Patients Refer to an Academic Trauma Center: A Cross Sectional Study

Hosein Zakeri; Elham Pishbin; Behrang Rezvani Kakhki; Hanie Ghashghaee; Sayyed majid Sadrzadeh; Masumeh Sadeghi; Elnaz Vafadar Moradi

Volume 12, Issue 3 , July 2024, , Pages 124-129

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  Objective: Geriatric trauma refers to injuries sustained by elderly individuals, typically those aged 65 years andolder. The management of geriatric trauma in the Emergency Department requires a comprehensive approachthat takes into account the physiological changes associated with aging, as well as ...  Read More

Moral Distress and Related Factors among Nurses Working in the Emergency Departments: A Cross-sectional Study

Hedayat Jafari; Mahbobeh Yaghobian; Morteza Darabi Nia; Abolfazl Hosseinnataj; Pooyan Ghorbani Vajargah; Samad Karkhah; Maryam Anneh-Mohammadzadeh

Volume 12, Issue 2 , April 2024, , Pages 88-94

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  Objective: The present study aimed to determine the prevalence and severity of moral distress (MD) and itsassociated factors among emergency department nurses.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2023 on 172 nurses from the emergency departments ofmedical training centers affiliated with ...  Read More

Factors Affecting the Functional Preparedness of Hospitals in Response to Disasters: A Systematic Review

Behrouz Samei; Javad Babaie; Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi; Homayoun Sadeghi-bazargani; Saber Azami-Aghdash; Naser Derakhshani; Ramin Rezapour

Volume 11, Issue 3 , July 2023, , Pages 109-118

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  Objective: This study aimed to comprehensively determine the factors that affect the hospitals’ functionalpreparedness in response to disasters.Methods: A systematic review of studies published in English and Persian up to the end of 2022 was performedby searching PubMed Central, Web of Science, ...  Read More

Effect of Intramuscular Ketamine versus Haloperidol on Short-Term Control of Severe Agitated Patients in Emergency Department; A Randomized Clinical Trial

Farhad Heydari; Alireza Gholamian; Majid Zamani; Saeed Majidinejad

Volume 6, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 292-299

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  Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intramuscular ketamine and haloperidol in sedation of severely agitated patients in emergency department (ED).Methods: This randomized, double-blind clinical trial study was performed on agitated patients referring to two university educational hospitals. ...  Read More

A Step-by-Step Framework on Discrete Events Simulation in Emergency Department; A Systematic Review

Mahsa Dehghani; Nazila Moftian; Peyman Rezaei-hachesu; Taha Samad-soltani

Volume 5, Issue 2 , April 2017, , Pages 79-89

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  Objective: To systematically review the current literature of simulation in healthcare including the structured steps in the emergency healthcare sector by proposing a framework for simulation in the emergency department.Methods: For the purpose of collecting the data, PubMed and ACM databases were used ...  Read More

Two Validated Ways of Improving the Ability of Decision-Making in Emergencies; Results from a Literature Review

Amir Khorram-Manesh; Johan Berlin; Eric Carlström

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2016, , Pages 186-196

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  The aim of the current review wasto study the existing knowledge about decision-making and to identify and describe validated training tools.A comprehensive literature review was conducted by using the following keywords: decision-making, emergencies, disasters, crisis management, training, exercises, ...  Read More