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Red Area, what is it? The Emergency Room (in some hospitals replaced by the Department of Emergency and Acceptance or "DEA") is an operating unit of hospitals expressly equipped to receive emergency cases, divide patients according to the…

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the Order of Nurses, Midwives and Medical Assistants in Romania (the Order) held a virtual meeting this week to confirm their collaboration to help Ukrainian refugees

Nurses and stress: nurses working in the emergency sector live in constant contact with people in critical situations

Brass index and scale in hospital discharge: the discharge of a patient from hospital to the territory, to the home, to other facilities, but also in the transition from one ward to another represents a critical step in the pathway of any…

The Trendelenburg position, or anti-shock position, is the position in which the patient is placed in case of shock or when performing special radiological investigations, as well as during gynaecological and abdominal surgery

Ukraine, Emergency Department doctors and nurses from 11 Ukrainian hospitals will receive training in the provision of emergency war care based on the latest European protocols

Sepsis in nursing home patients, an interesting case study from the USA: NPUSA nursing home expert, Amy Woolman, RN recently reviewed the following case involving a patient with a pre-existing urinary tract infection. This case sadly had a…

The GCS, or Glasgow Coma Scale, was described in 1974 by Graham Teasdale and Bryan Jennett (Assessment of coma and impaired consciousness. A practical scale. Lancet 1974; 2:81-4.) as a method of assigning a score, or level, of consciousness…

The "ABC rule" or simply "ABC" in medicine indicates a mnemonic technique that reminds rescuers in general (not only doctors) of the three essential and life-saving phases in the assessment and treatment of the patient, especially if…

In emergency medicine, the Kendrick Extrication Device (KED) is a first aid device used to extract a traumatised person from a vehicle in the event of a road accident