Background Mass gatherings present enormous challenges for emergency preparedness.
Planners must anticipate and prepare for communicable and non-communicable disease …

BACKGROUND: Administering oxygen therapy (OT) has an essential role in preventing/managing
hypoxemia in both acute and chronic conditions. It should be adjusted to achieve the …

Most sudden cardiac arrests occur at home, with low rates of bystander cardiopulmonary
resuscitation being performed. We aimed to assess knowledge of cardiopulmonary …

Background: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is characterized by directly experiencing traumatic
events or witnessing, learning, or repetitively experiencing the details of these events. …

Objectives: To examine the influence of emergency department (ED) waiting time estimate
provision on the satisfaction of patients. Methods: This was a randomized controlled trial at …

Objectives: To assess trends in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (ORL-HNS) referrals
among pediatric patients, and to address common urgent causes of ORL-HNS referrals in …

Background E-referral systems, streamlining patient access to specialists, have gained
global recognition yet lacked a comparative study between internal and external referrals in …

Background The demand for critical care beds is increasing out of proportion to bed
availability. As a result, some critically ill patients are kept in the Emergency Department (ED …

Background Early recognition of severe sepsis and septic shock is challenging. The aim of
this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of an electronic alert system in detecting …

Background The hallmark of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
disease is the ability to cause major health care-associated nosocomial outbreaks with …