Preparedness of Belgian civil hospitals for chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear incidents: are we there yet?

LJM Mortelmans, S Van Boxstael… - European journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective As one of Europe's most densely populated countries with multiple nuclear
installations and a prominent petrochemical industry, Belgium is at some reasonable risk for …

[HTML][HTML] Dutch senior medical students and disaster medicine: a national survey

LJM Mortelmans, SJM Bouman, MI Gaakeer… - International journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background Medical students have been deployed in victim care of several disasters
throughout history. They are corner stones in first-line care in recent pandemic planning …

[HTML][HTML] Disaster health education framework for short and intermediate training in Saudi Arabia: A scoping review

N Bajow, LJM Mortelmans, N Maghraby… - Frontiers in public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Saudi Arabia has made extensive efforts to manage disasters using unique
national approaches; however, challenges and obstacles concerning disaster health …

Are Belgian senior medical students ready to deliver basic medical care in case of a H5N1 pandemic?

LJM Mortelmans, HG De Cauwer… - … and disaster medicine, 2009 - cambridge.org
Medical care systems will be overwhelmed if a human H5N1 pandemic should occur.
Several national disaster plans, including that of Belgium, focus on maximal treatment at …

Are Dutch hospitals prepared for chemical, biological, or radionuclear incidents? A survey study

LJM Mortelmans, MI Gaakeer, G Dieltiens… - … and disaster medicine, 2017 - cambridge.org
IntroductionBeing one of Europe's most densely populated countries, and having multiple
nuclear installations, a heavy petrochemical industry, and terrorist targets, the Netherlands is …

Patients' and relatives' view on witnessed resuscitation in the emergency department: a prospective study

LJM Mortelmans, V Van Broeckhoven… - European Journal of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Background The appropriateness of family witnessing resuscitation (FWR) is an ethical
dilemma with most emergency care providers being opponents. We hypothesized that …

Use of tramadol drip in controlling renal colic pain

LJM Mortelmans, D Desruelles, JA Baert… - Journal of …, 2006 - liebertpub.com
Background and Purpose: Although the continuous perfusion of antispasmodic drugs has
been the traditional mainstay in the treatment of renal colic, the results more often than not …

Improving tetanus prophylaxis in the emergency department: a prospective, double-blind cost-effectiveness study

M Stubbe, LJM Mortelmans, D Desruelles… - Emergency Medicine …, 2007 - emj.bmj.com
Background: The choice of tetanus prophylaxis for patients with wounds depends on
obtaining their vaccination history, which has been demonstrated to be unreliable. Use of a …

Differential diagnosis between viral and bacterial meningitis in children

HG De Cauwer, L Eykens, J Hellinckx… - European Journal of …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective The differential diagnosis between viral meningitis and bacterial meningitis is
often very difficult. The results of peripheral blood and spinal fluid analysis are not 100 …

Are Belgian military students in medical sciences better educated in disaster medicine than their civilian colleagues?

LJM Mortelmans, J Lievers, G Dieltiens… - BMJ Military …, 2016 - militaryhealth.bmj.com
Introduction Historically, medical students have been deployed to care for disaster victims
but may not have been properly educated to do so. A previous evaluation of senior civilian …