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Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly, 2021 Background: The main task of the emergency medical system is to provide primary care and transfer the patients to hospital. Studies have been conducted to investigate the outcome of air and ground ambulance patients, but they show different results ...
Amir Hamta +3 more
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Privatisation of ambulance, emergency and firefighting services in Europe – a growing threat? [PDF]
, 2009 This paper examines the extent of privatisation in the ambulance, emergency and firefighting services in Europe, and the companies ...
Lethbridge, Jane
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PM&R, EarlyView.Abstract Climate‐driven disasters have disproportionate and often devastating consequences on individuals with disabilities. Warming ocean and air temperatures are fueling more extreme tropical cyclones, further endangering those living in at‐risk regions.
Mollie Andreae +4 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2018 Objective: To examine handling of cancelled helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) missions with a persisting medical indication. Design: Retrospective observational study.
Dag Ståle Nystøyl +4 more
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Cabin temperature during prehospital patient transport – a prospective observational study
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020 Background Few studies have investigated the patient compartment temperatures during ambulance missions or its relation to admission hypothermia. Still hypothermia is a known risk factor for increased mortality and morbidity in both trauma and disease ...
Tuva Svendsen +2 more
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MOSAIC vision and scenarios for mobile collaborative work related to health and wellbeing [PDF]
, 2005 The main objective of the MOSAIC project is to accelerate innovation in Mobile Worker Support Environments by shaping future research and innovation activities in Europe.
Jones, Val, Saranummi, Niilo
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Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.This study describes the work at an emergency and critical care center, focusing on the collaboration of multiple nurses when moving patients from the outpatient department to the ward. This study is an ethnomethodological ethnography based on fieldwork at a hospital and analysis of video data. The patient transport process is temporally organized into
Hiroki Maeda, Yumi Nishimura
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24th Canadian Field Ambulance Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps [PDF]
, 2012 The 24th Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, was the only complete Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario unit mobilized and sent overseas in the Second World War. Today few know its story in spite of an active veterans’ association.
Russell, Harold
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World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.This clinical practice guideline from the Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) group reviews current best practice for the management of ocular trauma in conflict‐affected regions, where explosive weapons are used and healthcare infrastructure is limited.
Emma Butterfield +8 more
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Mission impossible or border security – Practical and effective infection control on air ambulances
African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013 Infection control on air ambulances is particularly difficult and although the principles have been well described in the hospital setting, not all of these can be applied to the air ambulance environment.
M. Kuhn*
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