The Great Belt train accident: the emergency medical services response. [PDF]
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 2021 Background Major incidents (MI) are rare occurrences in Scandinavia. Literature depicting Scandinavian MI management is scarce and case reports and research is called for.
Hansen PM +3 more
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The Effects of Temperature on Accident and Emergency Department Attendances in London: A Time-Series Regression Analysis. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 The epidemiological research relating mortality and hospital admissions to ambient temperature is well established. However, less is known about the effect temperature has on Accident and Emergency (A&E) department attendances.
Corcuera Hotz I, Hajat S.
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Impact of COVID-19 on accident and emergency attendances and emergency and planned hospital admissions in Scotland: an interrupted time-series analysis. [PDF]
J R Soc Med, 2020 Objectives Following the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus and the subsequent global spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), health systems and the populations who use them have faced ...
Mulholland RH +15 more
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Use of emergency care services by immigrants—a survey of walk-in patients who attended the Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic [PDF]
BMC Emergency Medicine, 2015 BackgroundThe Oslo Accident and Emergency Outpatient Clinic (OAEOC) experienced a 5–6 % annual increase in patient visits between 2005 and 2011, which was significantly higher than the 2–3 % annual increase among registered Oslo residents.
Sven Eirik Ruud +3 more
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Triage accuracy of online symptom checkers for Accident and Emergency Department patients
Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020 Background: Overutilisation of the Accident and Emergency Department is an increasingly serious healthcare challenge. Online symptom checkers could help alleviate this challenge by allowing patients to self-triage before visiting the Accident and ...
Stephanie C. Y. Yu +5 more
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Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2021 Background: The high influx of private and public vehicles within global cities (including Ibadan) has resulted in traffic congestion within the city centre.
Akeem A. Audu +6 more
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Prompt diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction with papillary muscle rupture by point-of-care ultrasound in the emergency department [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2017 A previously healthy 61-year-old man presented to the emergency department with chest pain and dyspnoea for 6 hours. Examination revealed distress with an apical pansystolic murmur.
Koon Ho Cheung, Colin Graham Alexander
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British Journal of Psychiatry, 2016 Background Presentation at an accident and emergency (A&E) department is a key opportunity to engage with a young person who self-harms. The needs of this vulnerable group and their fears about presenting to healthcare services, including A&E, are poorly
C. Owens +3 more
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What do we really know about infants who attend Accident and Emergency departments? [PDF]
, 2013 Aims: Accident and Emergency attendances continue to rise. Infants are disproportionately represented. This study examines the clinical reasons infants attend UK Accident and Emergency departments.
Blair, M, Heys, M, Kwong, H-M, Reed, J
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Reasons why patients by-pass their GP to visit a hospital Emergency Department. [PDF]
, 1999 Knowledge about what motivates patients to visit the emergency department (ED) of a hospital for minor complaints, instead of visiting their general practitioner (GP), can help to reduce unnecessary utilization of expensive services.
Oosterveld, P. +3 more
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