Showing papers in "Australasian Emergency Care in 2022"

TL;DR: Insight is provided into the features, application, development, and potential of a metaverse in emergency medicine that will enable emergency care systems to be better equipped to face future challenges.

TL;DR: In this article , a multicenter descriptive online survey was conducted using a standardized self-administered questionnaire to determine the prevalence, pattern and factors associated with workplace violence among emergency nurses working in Saudi Arabia.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored what is known about psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency healthcare workers (HCWs) using a scoping review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews.

TL;DR: In this paper , a multisite cross-sectional survey captured ED employment data, wellbeing, burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory), stress (Health Professions Stress Inventory), work environment (WES-10) and Caring for COVID-19 Patients questions.

TL;DR: In this paper , the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the care of low back pain in the emergency department of three public hospitals in Sydney has been examined using electronic medical record (EMR) data.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors identified the factors reported in the literature as being associated with mortality for trauma patients following road traffic crashes and evaluated the level of evidence of selected studies using The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guideline.

TL;DR: A Delphi method was used to gain consensus among international paramedic experts regarding two new models of paramedicine known as the Directive and Professionally Autonomous paramedic systems as discussed by the authors .

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated the effect of increased requirement for personal protection equipment (PPE) during CPR and isolation rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic on patient neurologic outcomes at hospital discharge.

TL;DR: In this article , a scoping review aimed to identify how paramedics cope with repeated trauma is presented, including self-soothing, social and professional support, negative self-talk and alcohol use.

TL;DR: This article presented a brief chronological history of the Anglo-American paramedic system, combining decades of stories from across ambulance services in western, English-speaking developed countries Databases, including Embase, MEDLINE, Web of Science, CINAHL and Google Scholar were searched from the inception of the databases.

TL;DR: In this article , a conceptual framework for the exploration of these novel sub-models was developed on the basis of the work completed by Donabedian as well as Turncock and Handler.

TL;DR: In this article , a six-month screening feasibility study was conducted in two rural and one urban NSW Emergency Departments to understand women's experience of intimate partner violence and the enablers of screening, including ease of use of the screening tool, availability of social work response within one hour and executive support.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors describe an evidence-based process to overcome barriers to PPE compliance that maximize safe work practice in a time critical situation, and describe the implementation of a behavioural theory informed strategy to improve staff personal protective equipment compliance during COVID-19 in a regional Australian Emergency Department.

TL;DR: In this article , the descriptors pre-hospital care and out-ofhospital care are discussed and the connotations, relevance and implications of their use to describe paramedic roles and practice.

TL;DR: The three-item occupational violence (OV) risk assessment tool was developed and validated for use in emergency departments (EDs) as discussed by the authors , which prompts review of each patient's aggression history, behaviours, and clinical presentation.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors identify predictors of longer-term outcomes from adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac aetiology and use multinomial logistic regression to calculate odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals.

TL;DR: In this paper , a prospective observational study at a tertiary care center with 70,000 patients per year was conducted to identify factors influencing door-to-triage-and triage-topatient administration-time.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explored the impact of COVID-19 outbreak on the social support perception and acute stress disorder of prehospital care providers (PCPs) in the province of Denizli.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors explore patients' journeys, referral pathways and request-to-activation responsiveness of patients' appendectomy outcomes (minor vs major complexity) using linked data sources: aeromedical, hospital and death.

TL;DR: The role of families, paramedics and nurses in recognising and managing paediatric sepsis remains an under-represented area in current literature as mentioned in this paper , and a holistic, patient-centred focus is proposed to provide an overview of the challenges and key areas pertinent to the recognition and management of septis in children.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors used content analysis to identify occurrence of change to practice and enablers to reporting injury in emergency nurses, and secondary interpretive analysis using moral distress theory informed an alternative understanding of why nurses may not change their practice in response to injury.

TL;DR: In this paper , a systematic review aimed to synthesise evidence regarding the effect of 20 minutes of cool running water (CRW) within three hours of injury on outcomes of patients with thermal burn injuries.

TL;DR: In this paper , a reviewer conducted a retrospective audit of triage reception security video camera footage (February-March, 2020) and manually documented self-presenting patients' wait-to-be-seen times and barriers to patient flow.

TL;DR: In this paper , the authors performed a prospective multicentre cohort study of older patients (≥75 years) diagnosed with acute infection in 69 Spanish EDs and assessed the value of a Barthel index at the Emergency Department (ED-BI) score in predicting 30-day mortality and ED reconsultation among older patients with acute infections.

TL;DR: In this article , a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design where out-of-hospital providers in Oklahoma, USA, participated in an 18-minute online simulation and then had their situational awareness (SA) measured.

TL;DR: Further study is required to determine whether the antecubital fossa and dorsum of the hand insertions are clinically necessary in this population as areas of flexion and distal extremities are generally to be avoided for PIVC insertion.

TL;DR: In this paper , a cross-sectional methodological design was used to recruit 370 registered nurses from two hospitals in Saudi Arabia, and data were collected using valid and reliable self-reported questionnaires, including the Disaster Preparedness Evaluation Tool, Practice Environment Scale-Nursing Work Index, and Self-Regulation Scale.

TL;DR: In this article , a qualitative study based on focus group discussions using a semi-structured interview was conducted to explore how charge nurses perceive their role in managing daily work and major incidents at the emergency department.

TL;DR: A prospective observational study of adults undergoing PIVC was undertaken as mentioned in this paper , where nurses and medical staff inserted peripheral intravenous cannulation (PIVC) using their usual practices, and first attempt success was achieved for 831 (76.7%) patients overall, with high-risk-for-DIVA significantly less likely to require one attempt (61.1% vs 85.0%, p<0.001).

TL;DR: A scoping review aimed to map and synthesise the evidence for the prehospital management of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) attended adult patients who fall as discussed by the authors , found that adults < 65 years were less likely than older adults to be attended repeatedly and/or not transported.