Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA.
Publisher:
Blackwell Pub.,
Frequency: Five no. a year
Country: Australia
Language: English
Author(s):
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine., Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine.
Start Year:2004 -
ISSN:
1742-6731 (Print)
1742-6723 (Electronic)
1742-6723 (Linking)
1742-6723 (Electronic)
1742-6723 (Linking)
Impact Factor
2.3
2022
| NLM ID: | 101199824 |
| (OCoLC): | 55007974 |
| LCCN: | 2004243306 |
| Classification: | W1 EM661IF |
Analysis of agriculture-related life-threatening injuries presenting to emergency departments of rural generalist hospitals in Southern Queensland. Agricultural industries are among the most dangerous in Australia posing significant public health risks. This study analyses the nature and management of agriculture-related injuries presenting to EDs in selected hospitals in Southern Queensland. Data on agricultural injury presentations over a 6 month period was collected at four rural hospitals by a dedicated onsite hospital data coordinator. Additionally, in two of the participating hospitals all injury presentations over the same 6 month period were recorded. A pre-tested survey instrument, modified for rural settings and designed and dev...
Paediatric and adolescent horse-related injuries: does the mechanism of injury justify a trauma response? To identify the frequency, variety and disposition of horse-related injury presentations to the ED and to use this information to evaluate the existing institutional trauma team activation criteria following horse-related injuries. Methods: A retrospective case analysis was performed of all horse-related injury presentations to the ED of Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, in the 5 year period between January 1999 and December 2003. Results: A total of 186 children presented with horse-related injuries during the 5 year study period. The median age of injury was 9 years (rang...