Introduction hand injuries are a common emergency mainly caused by domestic accidents
or sport injuries. During the COVID-19 pandemic confinement period, with a cut off in …

When meteorological conditions deviate from the optimal range for human well-being, the
risks of illness, injury, and death increase, and such impacts are feared in particular with …

Introduction Major trauma centres have improved morbidity and mortality for moderate and
severely injured patients. Less injured patients may be treated in facilities less resourced for …

Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) are highly productive facilities that require staff
coordination, efficient and accurate procedure scheduling, and medical preparedness to …

The occurrence of trauma is associated with various factors, including weather. We aimed to
elucidate the relationship between local weather factors and the incidence of trauma to …

Healthcare policy makers use wait-time metrics to encourage hospital managers to improve
patient experience. In 2002, Massachusetts mandated that hospital managers develop …

Introduction Orthopaedic surgeons often speculate weather and season impact the nature
and volume of surgical trauma. Little evidence exists to support this. We aimed to identify the …

Introduction Fluctuations in the numbers of patient consultations in hand trauma emergency
units are challenging in terms of both scheduling and the provision of sufficient resources …

Introduction As global warming continues at its current rate, heatwaves are likely to become
an increasing phenomenon. At present, knowledge of the influence of heatwave …

Introduction Recent media reports have described knife injuries sustained while preparing
avocados; however, this rise has not been reported in the literature. The purpose of this …