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Ambulance 3G [PDF]

2005 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 27th Annual Conference, 2005
Minimising the time required for a patient to receive primary care has always been the concern of the Accidents and Emergency units. Ambulances are usually the first to arrive on the scene and to administer first aid. However, as the time that it takes to transfer the patient to the hospital increases, so does the fatality rate. In this paper, a mobile
Banitsas, KA, Perakis, K, Tachakra, S, Koutsouris, D, Konis, G   +4 more
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Ambulance [PDF]

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2016
Tia Renouf
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Ambulance Emergency Response Optimization in Developing Countries [PDF]

Operational Research, 2019
The lack of emergency medical transportation is viewed as the main barrier to the access of emergency medical care in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Boutilier, Justin J., Chan, Timothy C. Y.   +1 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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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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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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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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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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