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Internet*

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Hand Disinfection*

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Dislocation of talonavicular joint is a very rare injury and frequently misdiagnosed. We had treated an above injury with closed reduction and short leg cast followed by good result in 15 months follow-up.
Dislocations ; Follow-Up Studies ; Joints ; Leg

BACKGROUND: It goes without saying for the importance of pre-hospital care in EMS system. At present 119 rescuers take charge of the majority for the pre-hospital care in Korea. But the present activity and job satisfaction of 119 rescuers is not studied. METHOD: The authors analyzed the questionnaire from the 98 rescuers had taken the lessons on emergency medical technician training program at the Central Fire Fighting School, Cheonan city. We used a Likert's five stage barometer for the analysis of job satisfaction. RESULTS: On regional distribution of rescuers 29.6% was in metropolitan city and 70.4% was from each province. On sexual distribution male was 93%, average age was about 30 years old. The academic background was commonly below the high school graduation. Sixty-one of 98 rescuers (62.2%) was married. The monthly mean income is 1.07 million Won. There was a statistical difference of the monthly mean income between the age, sex, and the period of work (p<0.05). The average duration of job was 27 months. In most cases. the patients or relatives decided the evacuation hospital (89.8%). 67.0% of rescuers answered the necessity of emergency communication system during transport. The serious problems during transport were the lack of manpower, the knowledge of emergency care, the deficit of emergency equipment and telecommunication system. The priority of decision for evacuation hospital is the presence of special medical team, the severity of patients, the presence of modern hospital. The emergency equipment of ambulance was satisfactory in general. Almost all the rescuers (99.0%) want continuous education and 92.7% of them want at the emergency center or general hospital twice a year. The degree of job satisfaction was the job of special knowledge and skills, the professional work and self-assurance in order. CONCLUSION: 119 rescuers were gratified generally at the job satisfaction. But it was poor at work condition. The authors think that a government office and the korean society of Emergency Medicine must hard work for the improvement of work condition and the administration of continuous education.
Adult ; Ambulances ; Chungcheongnam-do ; Education ; Emergencies ; Emergency Medical Services ; Emergency Medical Technicians ; Emergency Medicine ; Fires ; Hospitals, General ; Humans ; Job Satisfaction* ; Korea ; Male ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Telecommunications

Avulsion of triceps tendon from the olecranon is a rare injury. Since the first report of Partridge in 1968, fewer than 30 instances have been recorded in the English literature. The authors have experienced a case of the avulsion of the triceps tendon in 25 year-old male which was caused by a accidental fall from one meter height. The surgical treatment, the use of heavy wire sutures passed through the tendon and through holes drilled in the olecranon, produced successful results in two and half years follow-up period.
Accidental Falls ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Male ; Olecranon Process ; Sutures ; Tendons

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Tuberculosis, Pulmonary*

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Biopsy* ; Biopsy, Fine-Needle*

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The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has been considered a useful tumor marker in monitoring responses, disease progression and recurrence after therapy in patients with prostatic cancer. However. The effect of digital rectal examination on serum PSA determination has remained controversial. The author. therefore. investigated the influence of examination on seurm PSA values. Blood samples were taken before (T0) and 5 minutes (T1), 1 hour (T2), 24 hours (Ts) and I week (T4) after digital rectal examination and the concentration of serum PSA was measured using a Tandeme radioimmunometric assay in 49 persons including 7 patients with prostatic cancer. 27 patients with BPH and 15 controls free of prostatic disorder, The following results were obtained. 1. In normal control group. the mean (+/-SD) PSA values before and 5 minutes, 1 hour. 24 hours and l week after digital rectal examination were 1.51+/-1.12, 2.12+/-1.57. 2.53+/-1.62, 2.39+/-1.41 and 1.97+/-1.20 (ng/ml) respectively. Although serum PSA values measured at 5 minutes. 1 hour, 24 hours and 1 week after digital rectal examination were significantly elevated (p<0.05), most of post-examination PSA values remained within the normal range. 2. In benign prostatic hyperplasia. statistically significant differences between PSA values before and 1 hour and 24 hours after digital rectal examination were observed (p<0.05), while in prostatic cancer group. there were no significant differences between paired pre-examination and post-examination mean PSA values. 3. There were statistically significant differences between PSA values before and 5 minutes, 1 hour, 24 hours and 1 week after rectal examination in normal-value group (<4.0 ng/ml) and between PSA values before and 1 hour after rectal examination in high-value group (>4.0 ng /ml). These results suggest that the evaluation of the concentration or PSA level for prostatic cancer suspected should be done before or immediately after prostatic manipulation.
Digital Rectal Examination* ; Disease Progression ; Humans ; Prostate* ; Prostate-Specific Antigen ; Prostatic Hyperplasia ; Prostatic Neoplasms ; Recurrence ; Reference Values