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Hand injuries, especially hand fractures, are known to have a very high incidence rate amongst the other body parts. Being a specialized unit for manipulation, support, sensation perception and communication, hand injuries have a significant impact on patients’ physical as well as psychosocial fun...

Resuscitative thoracotomy is an uncommon event that can yield good survival rates (27% blunt trauma and 42% penetrating trauma) when clear clinical triggers and appropriate training have been introduced. This presentation will review the decision processes required, the outcomes expected, and the t...

The Department of Health (DH) has implemented the Government Vaccination Programme (GVP), the Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (VSS) and the Residential Care Home Vaccination Programme (RVP) since 2009. Among these, GVP provides free Seasonal Influenza Vaccination (SIV) to eligible groups which are at hig...

Hand injuries, especially hand fractures, are known to have a very high incidence rate amongst the other body parts. Being a specialized unit for manipulation, support, sensation perception and communication, hand injuries have a significant impact on patients’ physical as well as psychosocial fun...

IntroductionThe Patient Support Call Centre (PSCC), established in 2009 under Hospital Authority, entails the application of information and communication technology to deliver high-volume telephone calls of professional advices by trained nursing staff to support target patients living in the commu...

‘Physician wellbeing is the foundation of professionalism’ (West & Shanafelt ,2007) and is described as the ‘missing quality indicator’ (Wallace, Lemaire and Ghali, 2009). Clinician burnout – a triad of emotional exhaustion, ‘depersonalisation’ (cynicism) and a low sense of accomplishm...

IntroductionThe orthopedic team launched the multidisciplinary Non-specific Back and Neck Pain Rehabilitation Program(BNPP) in 2017, aiming to enhance the clinical management and rehabilitation protocol to patients with back and neck pain. Patients were included if their pain was not attributed to s...

IntroductionThe emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) are causing a global crisis. Among S. aureus isolates identified in the hospitals of Hospital Authority, 43.1% were MRSA; 55% and 8.6% of Acinetobacter species were carbapenem-resistant and multi-drug resistant, respective...

Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of Aorta (REBOA) is indicated to be used in exsanguinating pelvic fractures not responsive to fluid resuscitation. In primary survey, there has been no less invasive and effective means to stop internal non-compressible bleeding in exsanguinating pelvic f...

  The Department of Health (DH) has implemented the Government Vaccination Programme (GVP), the Vaccination Subsidy Scheme (VSS) and the Residential Care Home Vaccination Programme (RVP) since 2009.    Among these, GVP provides free Seasonal Influenza Vaccination (SIV) to eligible groups whic...