scholarly journals An Increase in Incidence of ED Presentations in the United Kingdom with Complete Heart Block- COVID-19 Effect?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Debkumar Chowdhury ◽  
Debkumar Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Heart Block ◽  
Complete Heart Block ◽  
Apparent Increase ◽  
The United Kingdom

There seems to an increase in the presentations to our Emergency Department with patients with complete heart block. The important question is whether this is an apparent increase in numbers or a true increase in numbers of presentations remains to be seen. It has been well recognised that across the Emergency Departments in the United Kingdom, there has been a fall in the number of attendances. In some estimates, this has been as low as a 30% reduction in the number of ED attendances when compared with figures in the previous years.

scholarly journals Emergency psychiatric referrals to a university hospital in Pakistan

1993 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 471-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hashim Reza ◽  
Sajid Mahmood Choudhry ◽  
Murad Moosa Khan
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Psychiatric Services ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Accident And Emergency Department

The role of the accident and emergency department in the care of psychiatric patients has been long recognised. Mindham et al (1973) reported that many psychiatric patients, at their first or subsequent contact, present themselves as emergencies, and therefore a suitable service must be provided for them. It is interesting that a large number of reports describe various aspects of one particular service in London, namely the Maudsley Emergency Clinic. Several recent reports describe emergency psychiatric services in different district general hospitals in the United Kingdom.

Emergency Medicine in the United Kingdom—How It Is Taught

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (S1) ◽  
pp. 85-86
Author(s):  
Andrew K. Marsden
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Emergency Care ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Ambulance Service ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Accident And Emergency ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Way

The staff of accident and emergency departments in the United Kingdom are realizing their increasing role in teaching the elements of emergency care. This paper highlights some recent developments which have influenced the way in which emergency medicine is taught.First Aid instruction aims to impart the universally agreed and accepted principles to a wide ranging audience. Traditionally these principles have been embodied in the combined manual of the St. John Ambulance Service, St.

Drug-related problems found in children attending an emergency department in Saudi Arabia and in the United Kingdom

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asia N. Rashed ◽  
Antje Neubert ◽  
Hani Alhamdan ◽  
Stephen Tomlin ◽  
Aeshah Alazmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Drug Related Problems ◽  
The United Kingdom

Long - term cardiac pacing

1975 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-16
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Life Span ◽  
Heart Block ◽  
Cardiac Pacing ◽  
Cardiac Pacemakers ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Usa

Since we last discussed pacemakers1 the reliability and life span of cardiac pacemakers have much improved so that drugs now have little place in the management of chronic heart block.2 Perhaps 12,000 – 20,000 patients with chronic heart block in the United Kingdom need a pacemaker,3 4 it has been estimated that in the USA over 50,000 people wear one.5 6 This article discusses the equipment used for long-term pacing.

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