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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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An Integrated Prehospital Point‐of‐Care Lung Ultrasound Protocol for Patients with Dyspnea
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, EarlyView.We present a time‐efficient, clinically integrated lung ultrasound protocol tailored for prehospital use by providers not yet routinely using ultrasound. Specifically designed to support the recognition of pneumothorax and interstitial syndrome, the protocol emphasizes operational feasibility, spectrum‐based diagnostic reasoning, and strict time ...
David Purkarthofer +7 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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A Novel, Contactless, Portable “Spot-Check” Device Accurately Measures Respiratory Rate [PDF]
, 2020 Respiratory rate (RR) is an important vital sign used in the assessment of acutely ill patients. It is also used as to predict serious deterioration in a patient's clinical condition.
Burke, Derek +9 more
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Small, EarlyView.We report a magnetic particle anchored locked aptamer platform integrated with hyperbranched HCR and DNAzyme amplification for enzyme‐free, ultrasensitive detection of cardiac troponin I. The assay achieves a 0.25 ng/L detection limit within 25 minutes and enables cross‐species MI detection, with machine learning classification reaching 90% accuracy ...
Sayantan Tripathy +9 more
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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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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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