Research Publications - College of Medicine and Health Science

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the UAE for the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS). Four
invited Faculty and staff from the USA and one from Canada
participated in the teaching and Provider courses are regularly
held at FMHS, Fujairah and Abu Dhabi. These courses
are training Emirati graduates and others in trauma care and
will help reduce the burden of disabling illness and mortality
from motor vehicle crashes. In March 2008 the FMHS was
the site for inauguration of the Advanced Trauma Provider
Course for Nurses (ATCN) in the UAE.
These activities run in concert with ATLS courses are made
possible with the enthusiastic participation of Instructors
from Tawam Hospital. In 2011 the Department hosted four
ATLS and one ATCN courses in Al Ain.
With the support of Faculty Administration it has been
possible to establish a Clinical Skills and Procedural Training
Centre which is a multidisciplinary venture to foster training
for undergraduates and particularly Residents in a variety
of clinical disciplines. Dr. Fawaz Torab, who received the
Faculty Award for Teaching in April 2007, is the Director of
the Center with basic and advanced laparoscopic courses
planned in collaboration with industry who have strongly
supported the project financially. Both FAST and ATLS
courses are accommodated as need be, and also courses in
laparoscopic gynaecological surgery and fetal ultrasonography.
FAST trainers include, cardiologists, nephrologists,
obstetrician/gynaecologists, radiol-ogists and surgeons. This
exciting initiative has been made possible with donations
from instrument and equipment manufacturers. A number
of Interns and Residents in the General Surgery training
program have successfully completed ATLS, FAST and laparoscopic
training Courses.
Original Peer-Reviewed
Scientific
Articles
Abbas AK, Hefny AF, Abu-Zidan
FM. (2011). Seatbelts and Road
Traffic Collision Injuries (Review).
World J Emerg, Surg, 6;18.
Abbas AK, Hefny AF, Abu-Zidan
FM. (2011). Seatbelt Compliance
and Mortality in the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) Countries in
Comparison with Other High-
Income Countries. Ann Saudi Med,
31;347-50.
Abu-Zidan FM, Jawas A, Boraie M,
El-Deen M. (2011). Delayed retroperitoneal
ileocolic artery hemorrhage
causing sudden abdominal
compartment syndrome. Ulus
Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. Turkish J
Trauma Emerg Surg), 17;183-5.
Abu-Zidan FM, Hefny AF. (2011).
Is FAST reliable in severely injured
blunt trauma patients? Injury,
Jan;42(1):114-5.
Abu-Jayyab Z, Abu-Zidan FM,
Marlovits S. (2011). Fracture dislocation
of the lateral condyle and
medial epicondyle of the humerus
associated with complete radial
nerve transection. J Pak Med Assoc,
61; 920-921.
Al-Ashaal, Hefny A, Joshi S, Abu-
Zidan FM. (2011). Papillary Thyroid
Carcinoma Presenting as a Lateral
Neck Cyst. Afr Health Sci, 11;296-
300.
Al-Ashaal Y, Hefny AF, Safi F,
Abu Zidan FM. (2011). Tension
pneumothorax complicating
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography:
case report and
systematic literature review. Asian
Journal of Surgery, 34(1); 46-9.
Al-Awadhi H, John R, Al-Marzooki
F, Vincze A, Branicki F, Karam SM.
(2011). Sequential Alternations
in Gastric Biopsies and Tumour
Tissues Support the Multistep
Process of Carcinogenesis. Histol
Histopathol, 26;1153-64.
AlMahmoud T, Priest D, Munger
R, Jackson WB. (2011). Correlation