Mobile Integrated Healthcare: Preliminary Experience and Impact Analysis with a Medicare Advantage Population by Daniel J. Castillo, J. Brent Myers, Jonathan Mocko, Eric H. Beck

“…The selection of the site of care for scheduled interventions is driven by patient choice and, most often occurs in the patient’s home; unscheduled interventions are guided by a 5-point triage system and, based on acuity, may be treated in the home, primary care office, urgent care or, rarely, in an emergency department. **Methods:** An MIH team was assigned to deliver a care coordination program for a Medicare Advantage PPO (MAPPO) population (55% female, 71.2 years mean age), with risk assignment and interventions designed to affect potentially avoidable utilization of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), emergency department, and medical inpatient admissions. …”
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An Unusual Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction in a Child: Ingested Rhubarb by Miguel Glatstein, Dana Danino, Ayelet Rimon, Sergei Keidar, Dennis Scolnik

“…A four-year-old boy presented to our emergency department with symptoms of acute intestinal obstruction. …”
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Syncope with Surprise: An Unexpected Finding of Huge Gastric Diverticulum by Mauro Podda, Jenny Atzeni, Antonio Messina Campanella, Alessandra Saba, Adolfo Pisanu

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Penerapan Penilaian Klinis dalam Pelayanan Keperawatan di Instalasi Gawat Darurat by Siti Nurlaelah, Yovitasari, Suleli Rekso, Arcellia Farosyah Putri

“… The ability of nurses in clinical judgments in emergency departments is really important. One reason is that the judgments can affect response time and patients’ condition. …”
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Unusual Case of a Missing Vibrator Device in the Pelvis by Greg J. Marchand, Katelyn M. Sainz, Ali Azadi, Alexa King, Sienna Anderson, Stacy Ruther, Giovanna Brazil, Lisa Rials, Kelly Ware, Asya Osborn, Sophia Hopewell

“…Emergency room admissions and surgery secondary to the malfunctioning of devices intended for sexual stimulation are extremely common. …”
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Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Melatonin in Secondary Traumatic Brain Injury by Mariusz Sieminski, Michalina Reimus, Maria Kałas, Ewelina Stępniewska

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Landslides induced by the 2023 Jishishan Ms6.2 earthquake (NW China): spatial distribution characteristics and implication for the seismogenic fault by Yuandong Huang, Chong Xu, Xiangli He, Jia Cheng, Xiwei Xu, Yingying Tian

“…These results contribute to the coseismic landslide database for Northwest China, advance the understanding of influencing factors, support seismogenic fault identification, and hold significance for improving risk assessment and emergency response capabilities.…”
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Hydropneumothorax in Children: A Rare Complication of a Bacterial Pneumonia by Carolina Ortega, Carla Gonzales, Manuel E. Soto-Martinez, Adriana Yock-Corrales

“…This is a case of a 5-month-old patient who presented to the emergency department (ED) with a three-day history of fever, diarrhea, and respiratory distress. …”
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation success measured by a short reaction time by Ilić Andrijana

“…Introduction/Objective The Emergency Medical Service reaction time is the interval between the moment the Emergency Medical Team is dispatched and the moment they arrive at the patient's side. …”
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Faecopneumothorax Caused by Perforated Diaphragmatic Hernia by Kristina Necke, Nickolaus Heeren, Francesco Mongelli, Maurice FitzGerald, Jürgen Fornaro, Fabrizio Minervini, Jürg Metzger, Jörn-Markus Gass

“…Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernias with intrathoracic perforation of the colon is a very rare but serious surgical emergency. A 78-year-old male patient presented to our emergency department with severe abdominal pain. …”
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A Multistory Building Evacuation Model Based on Multiple-Factor Analysis by Yang Zhou, Tanghong Wu, Gaofan Zhang, Zichuan Fan

“…Emergency evacuation is an important issue in public security. …”
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Jejunal Perforation: A Rare Presentation of Burkitt’s Lymphoma—Successful Management by Samir Ranjan Nayak, Ganni Bhaskara Rao, Subramanya Sarma Yerraguntla, Sisir Bodepudi

“…Burkitt’s lymphoma presenting as a surgical emergency needing emergency laparotomy is an uncommon presentation of this tumor. …”
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Acute Torsion of Appendicular Mucocele by Farshid Ejtehadi, James Brooks, Hebah Hassan Ali, Vardhini Vijay

“…An emergency laparotomy with appendicectomy and resection of the caecal pole was performed. …”
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Enhancing smart home environments: a novel pattern recognition approach to ambient acoustic event detection and localization by Ahsan Shabbir, Abdul Haleem Butt, Taha Khan, Lorenzo Chiari, Ahmad Almadhor, Vincent Karovic

“…This study aimed to establish a comprehensive framework for classifying activities in home environments to detect emergency events and transmit emergency signals. Localization enhances the detection of the acoustic event's location, thereby improving the effectiveness of emergency services, situational awareness, and response times.MethodsAcoustic data were collected from a home environment using six strategically placed microphones in a bedroom, kitchen, restroom, and corridor. …”
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Blimp-1 orchestrates macrophage polarization and metabolic homeostasis via purine biosynthesis in sepsis by Wenjuan Peng, Qiushi Qin, Rui Li, Yujia Liu, Lan Li, Yue Zhang, Liuluan Zhu

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An Atypical Case of Taravana Syndrome in a Breath-Hold Underwater Fishing Champion: A Case Report by Andrea Cortegiani, Grazia Foresta, Giustino Strano, Maria Teresa Strano, Francesca Montalto, Domenico Garbo, Santi Maurizio Raineri

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Residual Dyslipidemia Leads to Unfavorable Outcomes in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Bin Que, Chunmei Wang, Hui Ai, Xinyong Zhang, Mei Wang, Shaoping Nie

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Mortality and risk of cardiac complications among immediate survivors of accidental electric shock: a Danish nationwide cohort study by Christian Torp-Pedersen, Sam Riahi, Lars Køber, Steen Møller Hansen, Peter Søgaard, Rikke Mortensen, Søren Hjortshøj

“…No difference in 5-year survival was observed compared with matched controls (emergency ward, p=0.10; admitted patients, p=0.80). …”
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Dementia care recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic by E. Audronytė, V. Sutnikienė, G. Kaubrys

“…The main aspects of care and the emerging difficulties that should be taken into account when caring for dementia patients at home and in nursing homes in this rapidly changing emergency are highlighted. …”
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Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) induced bone loss by inhibiting FoxO1-mediated defense against oxidative stress in osteoblast by Liming Xue, Jiale Xu, Ping Xiao, Yiping Jiang, Yuanjie Lin, Chao Feng, Yu’e Jin, Zhijun Zhou, Guoquan Wang, Dasheng Lu

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