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Objective: To determine the status of pre-hospital emergency care and its associated factors in traumatic patients
Methods: In across-sectional study, 577 traumatic patients who were transferred to Poursina hospital by EMS [Emergency Medical Services] personnel were selected by simple random sampling method. Pre-hospital emergency services were observed. Then the mean of taken measures scores for each domain was determined in percent and evaluated in terms of associated factors [age, working experience of staff and number of missions per day] and compared using Spearmans test
Results: Out of 577 patients, 454 were men [78.7%] and 123 women [21.3%]. Their mean age was 35.1 years old. Accident [82.7%] was the most common mechanism of injury. Most vehicles involved in the accident were light-weight cars [48.5%] and motorcycles [32.2%]. A significant relationship was found between age, general domain [p=0.039] and hemodynamic [p=0.019] as well as between work experience and general domain [p=0.018]
Conclusion: Given that pre-hospital emergency services provided in most of the domains are relatively far from world standard, results of this research can provide information for managers to improve strategic planning on care and medical services, appropriation of budget, knowledge of personnel and necessary equipment
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of Kinesio taping on severity of pain, the power for taking hand, functional activity and we undertook a literature review to produce evidence-based recommendation for the use of Kinesio tape in patients with lateral epicondylitis
Methods: A literature search was done in google scholar, pubmed, science direct, proquest, medline, advanced google and pedro database. The following keywords were used: Kinesio tape, elastic tape, Taping technique? Pain, Grip strength, Lateral epicondylitis, and tennis elbow. The inclusion criteria were English and Persian articles which were published from 2000 to 2013 and articles which were case report were excluded
Results: 26 articles including randomized clinical trial, cohort study, case-control study and trial which included healthy population, patients, male and female at any age range were extracted. 11 articles had the inclusion criteria
Conclusion: Although Taping technique seems to an impressive effect on wrist extension? grip strength? function and pain in individuals with lateral epicondylitis, strong evidence to identify the underlying mechanisms is still not available