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Meet Gamal Khalifa, Champion of North African EM

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Emergency Medicine News and Articles. Meet Gamal Khalifa, Champion of North African EM. Published on January 8, 2015. A founding father of Egyptian emergency medicine, Dr. Khalifa countinues to provide vision for the specialty in North Africa and the Middle East. In 1978 Professor Abdel Megid Sadek, a Cambridge University graduate professor of surgery, brought emergency medicine to Egypt, recruiting doctors to join the program. Ready for a new challenge, Khalifa was interviewed and accepted into the ...

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In Rwanda, Craig Spencer's Data Collection Project Fuels Innovation at the Point of Care

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Emergency Medicine News and Articles. In Rwanda, Craig Spencers Data Collection Project Fuels Innovation at the Point of Care. Published on May 13, 2014. Rwandan fellowship project gives insight into the value for reliable data and the need for experienced local partners. Craig Spencer, Survey training in Burundi. Spencer learned that in such difficult cases it was the experience of the Burundian and Congolese doctors that made all the difference. While Spencer was able to introduce cutting edge empirica...

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Triage 2.0

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Emergency Medicine News and Articles. By Peter Cameron, MD. Published on July 13, 2015. Triage is a big part of what happens at the front door of many EDs, and it is thought to be essential for safe practice and smooth patient flow by many ED clinicians. But is there a better way? Over the last decade, after reviewing emergency systems in many countries, I have realized how little attention doctors place on the entrance and reception areas of their EDs. So who benefits from triage? In the streaming model...

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Eighth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress

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Eighth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress. This event has expired or is no longer available.

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Emergency Physicians International - Global Emergency Medicine Network

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Emergency Medicine News and Articles. Want to Help African EM? Want to Help African EM? By Jason Friesen, MPH, EMT-P. One of the greatest threats to African emergency care development is an imported, Western understanding of the standard of care. If outsiders want to have a positive impact on African emergency medicine, we need to talk less, listen more, and focus on local talent and resources. Post-Lean’ and the Future of ED Design. Post-Lean’ and the Future of ED Design. Manuel Hernandez, MD, MBA.

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4th Annual International Emergency Care Conference [Australia]

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4th Annual International Emergency Care Conference [Australia]. This event has expired or is no longer available.

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United Kingdom Field Report: 2015

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Emergency Medicine News and Articles. United Kingdom Field Report: 2015. By Dr Kate Clayton. Published on July 16, 2015. After relentless media coverage of the state of many EDs in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, the pressure is on to reform key A&E processes and funding mechanisms. In England, EM is subject to a bizarre system of routine underfunding, whereby the hospital receives only a fraction of the cost of non-elective admissions to hospital. As the hospital can only recoup this...

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Slovenia Field Report: 2015

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Emergency Medicine News and Articles. Slovenia Field Report: 2015. By Sabina Zadel, MD. Published on July 16, 2015. Slovenia is now undergoing a planned transition in which primary health care emergency services will be merged with hospital emergency services. Lake Bled, in Slovenia, set against the soaring Julian Alps. In 2014, the Mountain Rescue Association of Slovenia conducted over 400 search and rescue missions in the mountains, of which 184 involved a physician. In 2006, Professor Grmec succeded i...

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The EP’s Role in Facing the Non-Communicable Disease Pandemic

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Emergency Medicine News and Articles. The EP’s Role in Facing the Non-Communicable Disease Pandemic. By Christine Ngaruiya, MD, DTM&H. Published on July 16, 2015. Cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, diabetes, and mental illness are all managed regularly in the ED, but their burden is falling disproportionately on developing countries. Could EPs intervene and change the course of their country’s health trajectory? Prevalence and Repercussions of NCDs. How and Where Emergency Physicians Can Battle NCDs.