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Prehospital assessment of perinatal patients by ambulance clinicians: development, implementation, review and national application [PDF]

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Prehospital maternity care is complex due to limited diagnostic equipment and access to pertinent information, constraints on resources, environmental challenges, minimal education and exposure to maternity cases.
Camella Main, Joanna Shaw, Lydia Burgess, Stephanie Heys, Susan Rhind, Tony Kelly   +5 more
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Drone delivery of automated external defibrillators compared with ambulance arrival in real-life suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: a prospective observational study in Sweden.

The Lancet Digital Health, 2023
BACKGROUND A novel approach to improve bystander defibrillation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests is to dispatch and deliver an automated external defibrillator (AED) directly to the suspected cardiac arrest location by drone. The aim of this study was
S. Schierbeck, A. Nord, L. Svensson, M. Ringh, P. Nordberg, J. Hollenberg, P. Lundgren, F. Folke, M. Jonsson, S. Forsberg, A. Claesson   +10 more
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Heat, heatwaves, and ambulance service use: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological evidence

International journal of biometeorology, 2023
Ambulance data has been reported to be a sensitive indicator of health service use during hot days, but there is no comprehensive summary of the quantitative association between heat and ambulance dispatches.
Zhiwei Xu, Jessica T. Watzek, D. Phung, M. Oberai, S. Rutherford, Aaron J. E. Bach   +5 more
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Ambulance routing in disaster response considering variable patient condition: NSGA-II and MOPSO algorithms

Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 2021
The shortage of relief vehicles capacity is a common issue throughout disastrous situations due to the abundance of injured people who need urgent medical aid.
M. Rabbani, Nastaran Oladzad-Abbasabady, N. Akbarian-Saravi   +2 more
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Lessons learned from the first 50 COVID-19 critical care transfer missions conducted by a civilian UK Helicopter Emergency Medical Service team

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has placed exceptional demand on Intensive Care Units, necessitating the critical care transfer of patients on a regional and national scale.
J. Jeyanathan, D. Bootland, A. Al-Rais, J. Leung, J. Wijesuriya, L. Banks, T. Breen, R. DeCoverly, L. Curtis, A. McHenry, D. Wright, J. E. Griggs, R. M. Lyon   +12 more
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Analysis of Time to the Hospital and Ambulance Use Following a Stroke Community Education Intervention in China

JAMA Network Open, 2022
Key Points Question Is Stroke 1-2-0, a community education campaign on rapid assessment of an individual potentially having a stroke, associated with time to arrival at the hospital and the use of an ambulance?
Jing Yuan, M. Li, Yang Liu, X. Xiong, Zhengbao Zhu, Fangyu Liu, Yong Wang, Wei Hu, Z. K. Lu, Renyu Liu, Jing Zhao   +10 more
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Alternatives to direct emergency department conveyance of ambulance patients: a scoping review of the evidence

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background The role of ambulance services is shifting, due in part to more intermediate, non-urgent patients who do not require direct emergency department conveyance, yet who cannot be safely left at home alone.
J. Blodgett, D. Robertson, Elspeth Pennington, D. Ratcliffe, K. Rockwood   +4 more
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Apnoeic oxygenation for emergency anaesthesia of pre-hospital trauma patients

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Efficient and timely airway management is universally recognised as a priority for major trauma patients, a proportion of whom require emergency intubation in the pre-hospital setting.
Kate Crewdson, Ainsley Heywoth, Marius Rehn, Samy Sadek, David Lockey   +4 more
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Burnout in frontline ambulance staff

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2022
Staff retention is a significant issue for ambulance services across the globe. Exploratory research, although minimal, indicates that stress and burnout, in particular, influence attrition within the paramedic profession.
Rachel Beldon, J. Garside
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Conducting a conventional multi-casualty incident in COVID-19 personal protective equipment - a semi-structured interview

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background The risk of COVID-19 transmission to healthcare professionals is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The wearing of personal protective equipment (PPE) presents a number of potential challenges to responders that may impact upon the
James Raitt, Ben Watts, Jaspreet Rayet, Mark Hodkinson, David Zideman   +4 more
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