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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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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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A for Ambulate [PDF]

Future Healthcare Journal, 2019
To reduce admissions and create beds while providing top quality service. We transformed an already existing, nurse-led day unit and clinic area into an ambulatory unit. We converted the sitting hall into a patient area, by fitting partition curtains and placing two trolleys and three couches, accommodating five patients at one time.
Faisal B, Chaudhry, Jayne, Brown, Amar, Bhat, Neil, Stewart   +3 more
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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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Pre-hospital critical care management of severe hypoxemia in victims of Covid-19: a case series

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Objective Despite critical hypoxemia, Covid-19 patients may present without proportional signs of respiratory distress. We report three patients with critical respiratory failure due to Covid-19, in which all presented with severe hypoxemia refractory to
Jens Otto Mæhlen, Roger Mikalsen, Hans Julius Heimdal, Marius Rehn, Jostein S. Hagemo, William Ottestad   +5 more
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Out-of-hospital resuscitation of a 3 month old boy presenting with recurrent ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest: a case report

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
A 3 month old boy, with no known health conditions, suffered a sudden collapse at home. On first EMS arrival, ventricular fibrillation (VF) cardiac arrest was identified and resuscitation following UK national guidelines was initiated.
Peter Kingsley, Jonathan Merefield, Robert G. Walker, Fred W. Chapman, Mark Faulkner   +4 more
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A data-driven algorithm to support the clinical decision-making of patient extrication following a road traffic collision

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Some patients involved in a road traffic collision (RTC) are physically entrapped and extrication is required to provide critical interventions. This can be performed either in an expedited way, or in a more controlled manner. In this study we
Eyston Vaughan-Huxley, Joanne Griggs, Jasmit Mohindru, Malcolm Russell, Richard Lyon, Ewoud ter Avest   +5 more
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Predictors of post-intubation hypotension in trauma patients following prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a multi-centre observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Post-intubation hypotension (PIH) after prehospital emergency anaesthesia (PHEA) is prevalent and associated with increased mortality in trauma patients.
James Price, Lyle Moncur, Kate Lachowycz, Rob Major, Liam Sagi, Sarah McLachlan, Chris Keeliher, Alistair Steel, Peter B. Sherren, Ed B. G. Barnard   +9 more
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Ambulance economics [PDF]

Journal of Public Health, 2000
Ambulance services produce a large quantity of data, which can yield valuable summary statistics. For strategic planning purposes, an economic framework is proposed, and the following four resource allocation questions are answered, using data from the Surrey Ambulance Service: (1) To satisfy government response time targets, how many additional ...
A J, Fischer, P, O'Halloran, P, Littlejohns, A, Kennedy, G, Butson   +4 more
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A 6-year case series of resuscitative thoracotomies performed by a helicopter emergency medical service in a mixed urban and rural area with a comparison of blunt versus penetrating trauma

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) is an intervention that can be performed in the prehospital setting for relieving cardiac tamponade and/or obtaining vascular control of suspected sub-diaphragmatic haemorrhage in patients in traumatic cardiac ...
Phillip Almond, Sarah Morton, Matthew OMeara, Neal Durge   +3 more
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