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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

How does ambulance service utilisation impact demand for Emergency Departments in Queensland, Australia?

, 2009
Background:\ud \ud There are indications that pre-hospital emergency care and management of patients can help reduce the demand for hospital emergency departments (EDs). Ambulance services play a significant role at this stage of care.
Chu, Kevin, Ward, David, Ting, Joseph, Tippett, Vivienne, Toloo, Sam, Miller, Anne, FitzGerald, Gerard, Eeles, David   +7 more
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Clinical Characteristics of Major Trauma in Older Adults at an Australian Level 1 Trauma Service: A 10‐Year Retrospective Review

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background A shift in the age profile of major trauma patients creates new challenges to trauma system design. Examining historical trends of major trauma in older people allows us to better plan for an effective trauma system. This study explores the clinical characteristics of older adult trauma cases presenting to a level one trauma center ...
Liya Ma, Vicki Patton, Mayura T. Iddagoda, Dieter G. Weber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nitroglycerin aerosol treatment at pre-hospital level

Кардиоваскулярная терапия и профилактика, 2007
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N. M. Nevzorov, T. G. Razova, Yu. N. Markevich   +2 more
doaj  

Environmental factors and clinical markers of stress during neonatal transport: a systematic literature review 

BMJ Paediatrics Open
Background Neonatal transport is an essential component of modern neonatal intensive care globally, providing access to advanced treatment while exposing vulnerable neonates to environmental conditions that may increase the risk of physiological ...
Astri Maria Lang, Fridtjof Heyerdahl, Marius Rehn, Marit Bekkevold, Tone Solvik-Olsen, Jostein S Hagemo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

4.01.003: St. John Ambulance armband

, 1918
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St. John Ambulance Brigade
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Mortality From Rural Traumatic Brain Injury Are Underestimated Without Inclusion of Prehospital Deaths

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Rural residents are more likely to suffer moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and experience delay to definitive care than urban patients. Prior studies comparing these populations were based on hospitalised patients only. We examined TBI outcomes incorporating pre‐hospital mortality to determine the association between
Gareth Rutter, Maria Joseph, Richard Ferch, Mitchell A. Hansen, Zsolt J. Balogh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collecting core data in physician-staffed pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services using a consensus-based template: international multicentre feasibility study in Finland and Norway

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Comparison of services and identification of factors important for favourable patient outcomes in emergency medical services (EMS) is challenging due to different organization and quality of data.
Kristin Tønsager, Marius Rehn, Kjetil G. Ringdal, Hans Morten Lossius, Ilkka Virkkunen, Øyvind Østerås, Jo Røislien, Andreas J. Krüger   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing non-conveyed patients in the ambulance service: a phenomenological interview study with Swedish ambulance clinicians

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives To combat overcrowding in emergency departments, ambulance clinicians (ACs) are being encouraged to make on-site assessments regarding patients’ need for conveyance to hospital, and this is creating new and challenging demands for ACs.
J. Lederman, Caroline Löfvenmark, T. Djärv, V. Lindström, C. Elmqvist   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Israel's Post‐War Healthcare Obligations

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the beginning of the Israel–Hamas war in 2023, the healthcare infrastructure within Gaza has been dismantled. While international humanitarian law mandates distinction between lawful targets (combatants and military objectives) and non‐lawful targets (civilians and civilian objects), and acknowledging the inherent complexities of ...
Daniel J. Hurst, Christopher A. Bobier
wiley   +1 more source