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Description of the prehospital emergency healthcare system in Norway

Resuscitation Plus
Background: Norway has a long coastline, steep mountains, and wide fjords, which presents some challenges to the prehospital emergency healthcare system. In recent years, the prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) have undergone significant changes,
Hege K. Kjærvoll, Lars-Jøran Andersson, Karin E.N. Bakkelund, Astrid K.V. Harring, Ingvild B.M. Tjelmeland   +4 more
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Aerospace nurses’ competencies in disaster situations: a scoping review [PDF]

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Objective: to map the competencies of aerospace nurses in disaster situations. Method: a scoping review following the steps recommended by the JBI and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (
Bernardo Arnulpho Coelho de Paula, Débora Fernanda Haberland, Fábio José de Almeida Guilherme, Bruno Leal Barbosa, Alexandre Barbosa de Oliveira, Thiago Augusto Soares Monteiro da Silva   +5 more
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Air ambulance services in the Arctic 1999-2009: a Norwegian study [PDF]

, 2011
Air ambulance services in the Arctic have to deal with remote locations, long distances, rough weather conditions and seasonable darkness. Despite these challenges, the people living in the area expect a high quality of specialist health care.
Jan Norum, Elsbak, Trond M, Trond M Elsbak, Norum, Jan   +3 more
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Helicopter emergency medical rescue for the traumatized: experience in the metropolitan region of Campinas, Brazil

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the profile of patients served by the air medical rescue system in the Metropolitan Region of Campinas, evaluating: triage and mobilization criteria; response time; on-site care and transport time; invasive procedures performed in ...
Ricardo Galesso Cardoso, Carina Fontana Francischini, Jorge Michel Ribera, Ricardo Vanzetto, Gustavo Pereira Fraga   +4 more
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ABCDE of prehospital ultrasonography: a narrative review

Critical Ultrasound Journal, 2018
Prehospital point-of-care ultrasound used by nonradiologists in emergency medicine is gaining ground. It is feasible on-scene and during aeromedical transport and allows health-care professionals to detect or rule out potential harmful conditions ...
Rein Ketelaars, Gabby Reijnders, Geert-Jan van Geffen, Gert Jan Scheffer, Nico Hoogerwerf   +4 more
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Microbiological analysis of bioaerosols collected from Hospital Emergency Departments and ambulances

, 2018
Introduction and objective. The goal of the study was a microbiological, qualitative and quantitative analysis of bioaerosol at the workplace of medical personnel (Health Emergency Departments (HEDs), ambulances), and comparative administration offices ...
Kornillowicz-Kowalska, T., Winnicka, I., Cieślik, P., Bielawska-Drózd, A., Kocik, J., Bohacz, J., Żakowska, D., Skopińska-Różewska, E., Wlizło-Skowronek, B., Kubiak, L., Bartoszcze, M., Brytan, M.   +11 more
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Vehicle Routing Problems [PDF]

, 2017
In this dissertation we consider variants of the vehicle routing problem applied to two problem areas. First, we consider the problem of scheduling deliveries from a central depot to clients in a metric space using a single delivery vehicle.
Steele, Patrick Robert
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Training and assessment of non-technical skills in Norwegian helicopter emergency services: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Deficient non-technical skills (NTS) among providers of critical care in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) is a threat to patient and operational safety. Skills can be improved through simulation-based training and assessment.
Kristen Rasmussen, Henrik Langdalen, Stephen J. M. Sollid, Eirik Bjorheim Abrahamsen, Leif Inge K. Sørskår, Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik, Håkon B. Abrahamsen   +6 more
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Ninth air force service command

, 1945
From page 17: Like all other commands, the IX Air Force Service Command is made up of people -- people whose jobs began long before the invasion, endured right up to H-hour and beyond.
Heins, Eleanor M., United States Army Air Forces, Lasch, Margretta C.   +2 more
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Number of ambulance transportation due to indoor heatstroke classified by perception time and effect of air conditioner on reducing the risk of severe indoor heatstroke [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Deterioration of thermal environment due to the global warming and urban heat island causes the increase of the number of ambulance transport due to heatstroke.
Tokairin Takayuki, Kiritoshi Kaito, Ihara Tomohiko   +2 more
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