Understand My Language, to Understand My Pain: Challenges of Neurological Evaluation Among Refugees

2021 ◽  
pp. 002436392110303
Author(s):  
Gentian Vyshka ◽  
Dritan Ulqinaku
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Individual Basis ◽  
Neurological Evaluation

The increasing number of migrants and refugees entering Albania during the last decade has been a challenge to the medical service of the country. Many of the migrants arrive from remote areas of Middle East or other Asian regions, heading toward northern Europe, deprived from medical assistance during their tormenting journey. An exacerbation of previous medical conditions is expected and is related to the hardship of traveling conditions. The medical professionals working in migration medicine have little, if any, training on the field and need to familiarize themselves with a variety of previously unknown conditions. Empathy, necessary on an individual basis, may not be sufficient in itself; the burden of medically treating migrants needs a holistic and multidisciplinary approach.

Portable Ultrasonography Onboard Deployment in the PLA(N) Peace Ark Hospital Ship in Mission Harmony 2018

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Zhao ◽  
Yi Zhou ◽  
Jiafeng Wang ◽  
Chong Zhang ◽  
Zhuhong Cai
Keyword(s):  
Medical Service ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
South American ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
Medical Support ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
The Future ◽  
Examination Methods ◽  
Medical Teams ◽  
Portable Ultrasonography

Abstract From June 28 to November 22, 2018, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy – PLA(N) – Peace Ark hospital ship had conducted Mission Harmony 2018, providing humanitarian medical assistance and carrying out international cooperation, in 4 Pacific island countries and 6 Central and South American countries. Compared with its application only in onshore outreach medical teams in the previous Mission Harmony, portable ultrasonography was used both onboard and onshore in Mission Harmony 2018. The purpose of this study was to assess the performance of onboard portable ultrasonography in PLA(N) Peace Ark hospital ship during Mission Harmony-2018, share our onboard working experience, and provide a reference for humanitarian assistance missions in the future. A retrospective review was performed on a cohort of patients checked by onboard portable ultrasonography. Patients’ gender, age, the distribution of examined organs, and multiple applications of the portable ultrasonography were analyzed. Some limitations of portable ultrasonography on the mission and possible improvements in the future were also discussed. A total of 5277 cases (mean age: 43.74 years; range: 2 months–105 years) of ultrasound examinations were performed during the mission; among them, 3126 (59.2%) cases were performed by portable ultrasonography, including 3024 onboard cases and 102 onshore cases. The portable ultrasonography had been applied in many scenarios, for example, onboard emergency triage process, onboard bedside medical support, and onshore outreach medical service, which had become one of the indispensable auxiliary examination methods for its compatibility, portability, and flexibility. The onboard deployment of portable ultrasonography played a versatile and irreplaceable role in the humanitarian medical assistance and medical cooperation carried out by the PLA(N) Peace Ark hospital ship, and will contribute to such kind of missions in the future.

scholarly journals Fodder for Despair, Masquerading as Hope: Diagnosing the Postures of Hope(lessness) at the End of Life

Religions ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 651
Author(s):  
Ashley Moyse
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Medical Assistance In Dying ◽  
Instrumental Reasoning ◽  
Counter Narratives ◽  
Late Modern ◽  
Classical Account

Hope is needed for persons confronting the limits of human life, antagonised by the threats of death. It is needed also for those health and medical professionals constrained by the institution of medicine, determined by market metaphors and instrumental reasoning. Yet, despair can masquerade as hope for such persons when functional hoping for particular outcomes or aims proves futile and aimless. The following will examine such masquerades, while giving attention to particular expressions of autonomy, which persist as fodder for despair in our late modern milieu. The late classical account of Hercules and his death, as well as contemporary reasons for soliciting medical assistance in dying, will focus on the diagnostics of despair, while a Christian account practicing presence, and of hope as a concrete posture enfleshed by habits of patience, among other virtues, will point toward counter-narratives that might sustain persons in times of crisis and enable persons’ flourishing as human beings, even unto death.

scholarly journals The Preferred Terminology Implemented by Psychedelic Users Existing on Online Platforms: A Cross-sectional Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al-Imam
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Social Communication ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
Sectional Analysis ◽  
Developed World

BACKGROUND: The epidemiologic magnitude of the NPS (ab)use has been thoroughly explored and geographically mapped in the developed world. However, there are still untapped geographic locations primarily in the developing countries including the Middle East. Historically, mapping has been done via observational analytics, cross-sectionally and longitudinally, in addition to few experimental studies.MATERIALS & METHODS: The study is cross-sectional; it will implement the internet snapshot technique, in addition to the application of thematic analysis and psychoanalysis of comments of NPS (ab)users on the online drug fora and social communication media. The data collected will be analysed for the purpose of concluding a statistical inference in relation to the terms most preferred by substance (ab)users towards hallucinogenic substances.RESULTS: The population was dominated by right-handed males; most of which were either heterosexual or bisexual. Psychedelics users have a preference for specific terms; psychedelic (73%), entheogen (12%), hallucinogen (11%), spiritual aids (3%), mysticomimetic (1%), psychotomimetic (<1%), medicines (<1%), and trip (<1%). Right-handed users who used the term psychedelic were a majority (53%), while right-handed individuals using the terms entheogen and hallucinogen contributed to 8% for each.CONCLUSION: This study is in line with other studies confirming the minute contribution of the Middle East to the global NPS phenomenon. Additional studies are mandatory for different populations including; students, academics and researchers, medical professionals, psychiatric patients, military and para-military organisations, delinquent and prisoners, and even terrorists.

REVISITING THE QUESTION OF COMPLIANCE WITH DEPARTMENTAL REGULATORY LEGAL ACTS OF THE PENAL SYSTEM OF RUSSIA, REGULATING THE PROCEDURE OF RENDERING AND QUALITY OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO PENAL STAFF AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
Олег Алексеевич Свидерский
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Quality Of Medical Care ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Correction System

В статье поднимаются отдельные вопросы правового характера оказания медицинской помощи сотрудникам УИС в лечебно-профилактических учреждениях ФСИН России, МВД России, Минобороны России, а также в учреждениях государственной или муниципальной систем здравоохранения. Проведен анализ нормативных баз Минздрава России и Минюста России, в которых осуществляется регламентирование вопросов оказания медицинской помощи. Показано, что в федеральных и ведомственных нормативно-правовых актах Минюста России законодательно не закреплен порядок оказания высокотехнологичной медицинской помощи по перечню видов, которые не включены в базовую программу ОМС. В целях устранения пробела в законодательстве предлагается медицинской службе ФСИН России разработать соответствующий регламент, в котором прописать перечень необходимых документов и порядок направления на лечение нуждающихся сотрудников. Проведенный опрос сотрудников УИС показал, что более 2/3 респондентов недовольны не только условиями, в которых оказываются медицинские услуги, но и качеством оказанной им медицинской помощи. Рассмотрены права и возможности сотрудников УИС по предъявлению претензий к лечебному учреждению в случае неудовлетворенности качеством оказанной медицинской услуги (помощи). Анализируются проблемы правового регулирования и практического решения вопроса, оценки качества оказанной медицинской услуги (помощи). Предлагается сформировать в системе ФСИН России институт экспертов по оценке качества медицинской помощи. The article raises certain issues of the legal nature of the provision of medical assistance to the penal correction system in medical institutions of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as well as institutions of the state or municipal health systems. The analysis of the regulatory framework of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice, which regulates the provision of medical care. It is shown that the federal and departmental regulatory legal acts of the Ministry of Justice do not legislatively regulate the procedure for providing high-tech medical care according to the list of species that are not included in the basic program of compulsory medical insurance. In order to fill the gap in the legislation, it is proposed that the medical service of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia develop an appropriate regulation in which a list of necessary documents and the procedure for referring treatment to needy employees are prescribed. A survey of employees of the penal correction system showed that more than 2/3 of respondents are dissatisfied not only with the conditions in which medical services are provided, but also with the quality of medical care provided to them. The rights and possibilities of the penitentiary system staff to make claims to a medical institution in case of dissatisfaction with the quality of the medical service (assistance) provided are examined. The problems of legal regulation and practical solution of the issue, assessing the quality of the medical service (assistance) provided are analyzed. It is proposed to form an institute of experts in the FSIN system for assessing the quality of medical care.

Getting Cold Feet in the First World War: Leaky Boots, Trench Foot and Vernacular Medicine Among British Soldiers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia McWhinney
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
First World War ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Medical Conditions ◽  
World War ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The First World War ◽  
Trench Warfare ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

Summary During the First World War, trench warfare spurred the onset of various medical conditions. Yet, when soldiers fell ill, it was not immediately recognised that some maladies stemmed from contamination—soiling, infestation and poisons—in their uniforms. With a new focus on preventive medicine, doctors and medical scientists investigated numerous medical conditions that spread through contaminated uniforms. It is well known that these medical professionals developed a body of knowledge on the prevention of uniform contamination. It is far less known that soldiers also developed a set of medical ideas. Different ‘systems of medical ideas’ developed simultaneously during the Great War, and this is demonstrated through the study of trench foot. This article employs soldiers’ voices not only to highlight their reliance on vernacular medicine in the trenches but also to reformulate the boundaries of medical practice and ask who can be considered a medical practitioner.

scholarly journals Ancient DNA from latrines in Northern Europe and the Middle East (500 BC–1700 AD) reveals past parasites and diet

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. e0195481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Jensen Søe ◽  
Peter Nejsum ◽  
Frederik Valeur Seersholm ◽  
Brian Lund Fredensborg ◽  
Ruben Habraken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Ancient Dna ◽  
Northern Europe
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