Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become a significant global public health concern. Since the announcement of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern, many countries have implemented lockdown and ...

The present project was carried out in the company ITEK Soluciones Integrales S.A., in the manual assembly plant of the catheter dispensers. Workers at the plant are exposed to specific conditions of a clean room, this ...

Background: As ultrasonography equipment has evolved toward increased portability, higher quality and lower cost, the field of point-of-care ultrasonography has grown, with numerous applications for emergency medicine ...

The need for critical care services is increasing in Chile. Critical care beds and specialists in this area are scarce. In this article we discuss some aspects that hamper the care of critically ill patients from their ...

Background: Emergency Medicine (EM) is increasingly becoming an international field. The number of fellowships in International EM in the USA is growing along with opportunities to complete international health electives ...

In recent years, yellow fever (YF) outbreaks have struck various African and South American countries, a scenario, which led to the creation of the “Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics” initiative by the WHO [1]. The current ...

A 78-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 10-day history of diarrhea and presyncope. His electrocardiogram showed a type-1 Brugada pattern but also a first-degree atrioventricular block, right bundle ...