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Exploring factors influencing time from dispatch to unit availability according to the transport decision in the pre-hospital setting: an exploratory study

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Efficient resource distribution is important. Despite extensive research on response timings within ambulance services, nuances of time from unit dispatch to becoming available still need to be explored.
Hassan Farhat, Ahmed Makhlouf, Padarath Gangaram, Kawther El Aifa, Mohamed Chaker Khenissi, Ian Howland, Cyrine Abid, Andre Jones, Ian Howard, Nicholas Castle, Loua Al Shaikh, Moncef Khadhraoui, Imed Gargouri, James Laughton, Guillaume Alinier   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Outcomes for Patients Who Contact the Emergency Ambulance Service and Are Not Transported to the Emergency Department: A Data Linkage Study

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2019
Objectives: Emergency ambulance services do not transport all patients to hospital. International literature reports non-transport rates ranging from 3.7–93.7%.
J. Coster, A. O’Cathain, R. Jacques, A. Crum, N. Siriwardena, J. Turner   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The impacts of New York's balance billing regulation on ground ambulance pricing

Health Services Research, Volume 60, Issue 2, April 2025.
Abstract Objective To examine the effects of New York's surprise billing regulations on price changes by emergency ground ambulance service providers. Study Design We exploited a natural experiment using a difference‐in‐differences design with randomization inference (RI) to examine the effects of New York state regulations on the prices of emergency ...
Wendy Y. Xu, Christopher Garmon, Sheldon M. Retchin, Yiting Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding factors of ambulance delay and crash to enhance ambulance efficiency: an integrative literature review

, 2020
Trauma is one of the major causes of deaths worldwide. The referral time of trauma patients to the trauma center is a vital determinant of traumatic injury patients’ survival.
Ketut Shri Satya Wiwekananda, Rizqiko Pandai Hamukti, K. S. Yogananda, Kadek Egadia Calisto, P. Utomo   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Teamwork Bricolage and HRM in a Time of Crisis: Workplace Strategies of Frontline Healthcare Professionals

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how healthcare professionals navigate relational dynamics within a frontline healthcare team in a time of crisis and with limited HRM support. Drawing on scholarship about work teams, HRM and bricolage, the paper analyzes research data from interviews with kinesiologists at an Accidents & Emergency (A&E) hospital in ...
Jenny K. Rodriguez, Stephen Procter
wiley   +1 more source

Patient and family aftercare enhance interactions between Helicopter Emergency Medicine Services and former patients and families

BMC Health Services Research
Background Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in the United Kingdom (UK) deliver enhanced care to high-acuity, critically ill and injured patients.
Stuart Plumbley, Sarita Taneja, Joanne Griggs, Andrew Al Rais, Leigh Curtis, Richard Lyon, On behalf of Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex, United Kingdom   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improve an emergency medical system capacity with theory of constraints. [PDF]

, 2018
The measure of ambulance cycle time is of particular interest in the performance of Emergency Medical Systems (EMS). Its value determines the ambulance capacity of the operations system of an EMS institution. For a given number of ambulances in operation,
Carranza, Aracely, Diaz Ramirez, Jenny, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Morales, Gabriela, Quezada, Arturo, Villarreal, Bernardo   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A cost–benefit analysis of the implementation and scale‐up of harm reduction interventions in the Australian Capital Territory

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Harm reduction interventions aim to reduce negative consequences of drug use. We aimed to estimate the cost, health impact and economic benefits of current, expanded and new harm reduction interventions for people who use drugs in the Australian Capital Territory.
Anna L. Bowring, Tom Tidhar, Anna Olsen, Christopher Bailie, Kelvin Burke, Rowan Martin‐Hughes, Helen Keane, Paul Dietze, Nick Scott   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Live video footage from scene to aid helicopter emergency medical service dispatch: a feasibility study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Obtaining accurate information from a 112 caller is key to correct tasking of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS). Being able to view the incident scene via video from a mobile phone may assist HEMS dispatch by providing more accurate
E. ter Avest, E. Lambert, R. de Coverly, H. Tucker, J. Griggs, M. H. Wilson, A. Ghorbangholi, J. Williams, R. M. Lyon   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sense of coherence is linked to post-traumatic growth after critical incidents in Austrian ambulance personnel

BMC Psychiatry, 2019
BackgroundAmbulance personnel, as well as other emergency services like fire-fighters or the police force, are regularly confronted with experiences of extreme psychological distress and potentially traumatizing events in the line of their daily duties ...
K. Ragger, M. Hiebler-Ragger, Günter Herzog, H. Kapfhammer, H. Unterrainer   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source