Subacute Tension Hemopneumothorax with Novel Electrocardiogram Findings

This case report describes a patient with a subacute right-sided tension hemopneumothorax following an occult stab. The patient’s electrocardiogram (ECG), performed as part of a standardized triage process, demonstrated significant abnormalities that misguided initial resuscitation, but resolved following evacuation of the tension hemopneumothorax. Tension pneumothorax is typically regarded as an immediately life-threatening condition that requires emergent management with needle or tube thoracostomy. However, we believe that subacute tension pneumothorax may be a rarely observed clinical phenomenon and may lead to unique ECG findings. We believe that the ECG changes we observed provided an early clue to the eventual diagnosis of a subacute tension pneumothorax and have not been previously described in this setting.

Policing and internal security in Northern Ireland 1920-1939

In 1920, at the height of the Anglo-Irish War, the British Government made a lastditch attempt to stave off a blood bath between Catholics and Protestants by partitioning the island. Six ofthe nine counties of Ulster were to form the province of Northern Ireland, an area rougWy the size of Yorkshire, where Protestants were in the majority. Its affairs were to be run by a home rule government based in Belfast, while , a similar administration in Dublin would become responsible for the other twenty-six counties ofwhat was soon to be known as the Irish Free State.Although there were a number of fairly large cities within the new province it was, for the most part' of a ,rural nature with a complex border that weaved from the north Donegal coast, running ro~gWy south and then cut its way along the northern boundaries of Counties Monaghan, Cavan' and Louth to the Irish Sea. The creation of this border and of a Northern Irish state threw up problems which needed solving rapidly in order to stabilise the province and to establish the authority of the new Northern Government. This, resulted in draconian legislation and the creation of a security system which has caused controversy ever since.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Subacute Tension Hemopneumothorax with Novel Electrocardiogram Findings

This case report describes a patient with a subacute right-sided tension hemopneumothorax following an occult stab. The patient’s electrocardiogram (ECG), performed as part of a standardized triage process, demonstrated significant abnormalities that misguided initial resuscitation, but resolved following evacuation of the tension hemopneumothorax. Tension pneumothorax is typically regarded as an immediately life-threatening condition that requires emergent management with needle or tube thoracostomy. However, we believe that subacute tension pneumothorax may be a rarely observed clinical phenomenon and may lead to unique ECG findings. We believe that the ECG changes we observed provided an early clue to the eventual diagnosis of a subacute tension pneumothorax and have not been previously described in this setting. . [West J Emerg Med. 2010; 11(1):86-89]

Métiers de police

Après un renouvellement des études qui a touché d’autres domaines des sciences sociales (la politologie, la sociologie), l’histoire de la police connaÎt aujourd’hui des évolutions profondes. La diversité des situations historiographiques qui prévaut en Europe, les acquis récents de la recherche, ont conduit à privilégier dans cet ouvrage à la fois une dimension résolument comparatiste et un réel décloisonnement chronologique et disciplinaire. C’est la première fois qu’en France, un tel bilan international est proposé, une telle confrontation est tentée dans la longue durée, réunissant historiens, sociologues, juristes et politistes à l’échelle de l’Europe. Pour tous les spécialistes qui ont accepté d’ouvrir le dialogue, il s’agit d’interroger les formes de la professionnalisation policière dans des espaces politiques variés, avec leurs évolutions, leurs ruptures ou leurs éléments de continuité. Il s’agit de comprendre quels échanges ont existé entre les modèles adoptés par les uns et par les autres, quelles voies a pu prendre la construction des identités professionnelles. Cela revient aussi pour une part à interroger les fondements de la légitimité politique et sociale des interventions policières. Cela y compris dans les périodes de crise, lorsque la police réfléchit sur elle-même, pour justifier ou adapter son action, pérenniser son existence, accroÎtre ses moyens et ses pouvoirs. Autant qu’une mise au point inédite, cet ouvrage se veut point de départ d’une réflexion renouvelée et pluridisciplinaire sur ce chantier de l’histoire des polices