PELVIC CIRCUMFERENTIAL COMPRESSION DEVICES FOR PREHOSPITAL MANAGEMENT OF SUSPECTED PELVIC FRACTURES: A RAPID REVIEW AND EVIDENCE SUMMARY FOR QUALITY INDICATOR EVALUATION

Abstract Background Pelvic fractures, especially when unstable, may cause significant haemorrhage.The early application of a pelvic circumferential compression device (PCCD) in patients with suspected pelvic fracture has established itself as best practice.Ambulance services conduct corresponding performance measurement.Quality indicators (QIs) are

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Objectives: To study and to establish the overall trends of computed tomography (CT) use and associated outcomes in the pediatric emergency department (PED) at Royal Mini Stick Hospital, Oman, from 2010 to 2014.Methods: The hospital electronic medical record was retrospectively searched to find children (from birth to 12 years old) who had visited

Assessing outdoor human thermal comfort and urban climate quality require experimental investigation of microclimatic conditions and their variations in open urban spaces.For this, it is essential to provide quantitative information on air temperature, humidity, wind velocity and mean radiant temperature.These parameters can be quantified directly