Challenges encountered by Emergency medicine physicians in the era of COVID-19: Future perspectives and recommendations

Author(s):  
Majid Alsalamah

The currently ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly affected the health care system in a significant manner, having a particularly major impact on emergency medicine. This study aimed to review the challenges faced by the emergency medicine department during COVID-19. Additionally, it provides an overview of future perspectives as well as recommendations to effectively and innovatively address similar challenges in the future. Different articles were extracted through databases such as Google Scholar and PubMed. This was followed by a review of a number of full-text research articles that were published in the English language both in developed and developing countries with a specific focus on emergency medicine and COVID-19. All primary research articles were further examined for information pertinent to the objective. Some of the many challenges that are faced by emergency departments include overcrowding of patients, shortage of staff, limited infrastructure, fear and anxiety of staff due to the contagious nature of the virus, the lack of trained consultants, and no separate isolation rooms for COVID-19. These challenges need to be considered as opportunities and addressed with innovative strategies such as the formation of think-tanks, conducting a SWOT analysis, training registered medical staff to diagnose cases of COVID-19 correctly, making data-driven decisions, using spilt patient flow approach, implementing tele-emergency medicine, and considering robotic training in the field of emergency medicine. Like all healthcare specialties, the emergency department has faced tremendous challenges during COVID-19 that need to be addressed by taking steps in a more systematic and organized way. These challenges are a potential threat in the short run but should also be considered as learning opportunities for the future.

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Enggal Sriwardingsih

Perfect competition between the English language course requires the use of technology and communication (ICT) between service providers and consumer, that is recognized as a strategy to enhance corporate value in the eyes of its customers. But the needs of required for input to the base system's technology into its own problems in order to become a competitive advantage for companies in the face of business competition. Porter and SWOT analysis to assess the indicators that are needed to further diimplemenasikan in ICT in the future need.


2020 ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Anna Sharova

Anna Sharova reviews two recent books separately published by two English language authors – P. Martell and J. Young. The books are very different in style and mood. While P. Martell presents an excellent example of British journalist prose in the style of his elder compatriots Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene, who did their reporting and writing from exotic countries during fateful periods of history, J. Young offers a more academic, though no less ‘on the spot’ analysis of the situation in the youngest independent country of Africa. J. Young’s considers two possible approaches to conflict resolution as possible outcomes: non-intervention cum continuation of the war, or the introduction of international governance. P. Martell comes up with a disappointing prediction about the future of South Sudan. The war will go on, the famine will return, and the threat of genocide will not disappear. People will continue to flee the country, and refugee camps will grow. New warring groups will appear, new murders will be committed. Neighbouring states will not stop competing for influence and resources. New peacekeepers will arrive. Warlords will be accused of crimes, but, as before, they will escape punishment, while some will be promoted.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Silvio De Luca ◽  
Emanuela Zanardi ◽  
Giovanni Loris Alborali ◽  
Adriana Ianieri ◽  
Sergio Ghidini

The assessment of swine welfare requires feasible, reliable, and reasonable indicators. On-farm evaluation of pig welfare can provide valuable information to veterinarians and farmers. However, such protocols can result expensive and time-consuming. With this regard, an interest in the appraisal of swine welfare at abattoir has grown over the recent years. In particular, the use of certain lesions collected directly from slaughtered animals to determine the welfare status of pigs has been evaluated by several authors. In the present review, the different methods developed to score lesions collected directly from the body and the viscera of animals slaughtered in European abattoirs (“abattoir-based measures”) are presented. The text specifically focuses on the methods currently available in the literature for the scoring of body, pluck and gastric lesions during post-mortem activities. Moreover, the strengths and weaknesses of abattoir-based measures schemes are discussed. To conclude, the future perspectives of the assessment of pig welfare at the slaughterhouse are described, appealing for a benchmarking system that can be systematically used by veterinarians and other professional figures involved in the process.


Lab on a Chip ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 795-820
Author(s):  
Andrea Spanu ◽  
Laura Martines ◽  
Annalisa Bonfiglio

This review focuses on the applications of organic transistors in cellular interfacing. It offers a comprehensive retrospective of the past, an overview of the latest innovations, and a glance on the future perspectives of this fast-evolving field.


2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-118
Author(s):  
Martin Braschler ◽  
Linda Cappellato ◽  
Fabio Crestani ◽  
Nicola Ferro ◽  
Gundula Heinatz Bürki ◽  
...  

This is a report on the tenth edition of the Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum (CLEF 2019), held from September 9--12, 2019, in Lugano, Switzerland. CLEF was a four day event combining a Conference and an Evaluation Forum. The Conference featured keynotes by Bruce Croft, Yair Neuman, and Miguel Martínez, and presentation of peer reviewed research papers covering a wide range of topics in addition to many posters. The Evaluation Forum consisted to nine Labs: CENTRE, CheckThat, eHealth, eRisk, ImageCLEF, LifeCLEF, PAN, PIR-CLEF, and ProtestNews, addressing a wide range of tasks, media, languages, and ways to go beyond standard test collections. CLEF 2019 marked the 20th anniversary of CLEF, which was celebrated with a dedicated session and a book on the lessons learnt in twenty years of evaluation activities and the future perspectives for CLEF. CLEF 2019 also introduced the Industry Days to further extend the reach and impact of CLEF.


2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remko P Bosgraaf ◽  
Albert G Siebers ◽  
Joanne A De Hullu ◽  
Leon FAG Massuger ◽  
Johan Bulten ◽  
...  

Biorefinery ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 375-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan-Rodrigo Bastidas-Oyanedel ◽  
Fabian Bonk ◽  
Mette Hedegaard Thomsen ◽  
Jens Ejbye Schmidt

1956 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-219
Author(s):  
Asad Husain
Keyword(s):  

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Kamen RIKEV

The paper discusses several formal aspects of submitting texts to foreign academic journals and publishing houses by Bulgarian authors. It argues that common issues concerning the editing of an author’s contribution include the English translation of a Bulgarian academic institution’s name, the use of quotation marks, the hyphen, en dash and em dash, the usage of glyphs, such as the numero symbol. The article also draws attention to the various transcription styles for Cyrillic texts, as well as the inconsistent forms of patron saints and city names used by Bulgarian institutions. A comparison between the Bulgarian names of six universities, their English translations and forms appearing in Wikipedia illustrates the problem of the often incomprehensible affiliation of a Bulgarian scholar outside the country. The author’s main conclusions are as follows: (1) an urgent need for a uniform spelling of Bulgarian university names in English; (2) based on the information on their official websites, Bulgarian institutions do not have official names in English, or such names cannot be easily traced; (3) clarification of the principles for recording the names of prominent personalities and especially saints, who have long been subject of international research; (4) a need for monitoring the consistent spelling of institution names appearing on the most popular internet portals. Finally, the author suggests 8 English language versions of the name Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.


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