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Intensive Ambulance-Delivered Blood-Pressure Reduction in Hyperacute Stroke.

New England Journal of Medicine
BACKGROUND Treatment of acute stroke, before a distinction can be made between ischemic and hemorrhagic types, is challenging. Whether very early blood-pressure control in the ambulance improves outcomes among patients with undifferentiated acute stroke ...
Gang Li, Yapeng Lin, Jie Yang, C. Anderson, Chen Chen, Feifeng Liu, L. Billot, Qiang Li, Xiaoying Chen, Xiaoqiu Liu, Xinwen Ren, Chunfang Zhang, Ping Xu, Lijun Wu, Feng Wang, Daijun Qiu, M. Jiang, Yiqiang Peng, Chaohui Li, Yiyang Huang, Xiaohui Zhao, Jiye Liang, Yao Wang, Xiangjun Wu, Xiaoyu Xu, Guofang Chen, Dongya Huang, Yue Zhang, Lian Zuo, Guozhao Ma, Yumei Yang, Junjie Hao, Xiahong Xu, Xinli Xiong, Yueyu Tang, Yijia Guo, Jianping Yu, Shuping Li, Song He, Fengkai Mao, Quandan Tan, Song Tan, Nengwei Yu, Ruxiang Xu, Mingwei Sun, Binghu Li, Jiang Guo, Leibo Liu, H. Liu, Menglu Ouyang, Lei Si, H. Arima, P. Bath, G. Ford, Thompson G. Robinson, E. Sandset, J. Saver, N. Sprigg, H. B. van der Worp, Lili Song   +59 more
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Ambulance allocation optimization model for the overcrowding problem in US emergency departments: A case study in Florida

, 2020
In the last decade, emergency department (ED) overcrowding has become a national crisis for the US healthcare system. Increasing mortality rates, decreasing quality of care, financial losses due to walkouts, and ambulance diversion are some of the ...
Jorge A. Acuña, J. Zayas-Castro, H. Charkhgard   +2 more
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Is Use of Warning Lights and Sirens Associated With Increased Risk of Ambulance Crashes? A Contemporary Analysis Using National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) Data.

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2019
STUDY OBJECTIVE We compare reported crash rates for US ambulances responding to or transporting patients from a 911 emergency scene with or without lights and sirens.
Brooke L Watanabe, G. S. Patterson, J. Kempema, Orlando Magallanes, L. Brown   +4 more
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Impact of extreme temperatures on ambulance dispatches in London, UK.

Environmental Research, 2020
BACKGROUND Associations between extreme temperatures and health outcomes, such as mortality and morbidity, are often observed. However, relatively little research has investigated the role of extreme temperatures upon ambulance dispatches.
Kamolrat Sangkharat, Marliyyah A. Mahmood, J. Thornes, P. Fisher, F. Pope   +4 more
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Most Patients Undergoing Ground And Air Ambulance Transportation Receive Sizable Out-Of-Network Bills.

Health Affairs, 2020
"Surprise" out-of-network bills have come under close scrutiny, and while ambulance transportation is known to be a large component of the problem, its impact is poorly understood. We measured the prevalence and financial impact of out-of-network billing
Karan R. Chhabra, Keegan McGuire, K. Sheetz, John W. Scott, Ushapoorna Nuliyalu, A. Ryan   +5 more
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Aids to Ambulation

AJN, American Journal of Nursing, 1953
HE word "ambulation," when used in its broadest sense, means moving about from place to place. In the rehabilitation of a patient, ambulation is not a complete goal within itself. It is, however, necessary for the patient to become self-sufficient and to carry out the activities of daily living which are basic to his vocation and avocations.
D A, COVALT, E, BUCHWALD
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Immediate ambulation

The American Journal of Digestive Diseases, 1951
The history of early ambulation is described, the earliest known report being in 1899. Early ambulation is distinguished from immediate ambulation. Immediate ambulation in proctologic procedures has been stressed since 1946 (with the publication of Ambulatory Proctology (4) ). The interest in immediate ambulation after proctologic surgery has increased
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Ambulance Dispatch via Deep Reinforcement Learning

SIGSPATIAL/GIS, 2020
In this paper, we solve the ambulance dispatch problem with a reinforcement learning oriented strategy. The ambulance dispatch problem is defined as deciding which ambulance to pick up which patient. Traditional studies on ambulance dispatch mainly focus
Kunpeng Liu, Xiaolin Li, C. Zou, Haibo Huang, Yanjie Fu   +4 more
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Drone Ambulance

2020 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking (ICACCCN), 2020
The purpose of this project is to develop a drone ambulance with on the go medical facility to save human lives. In the current global situation, the number of accidents is quite high and the risk of life increases if medical aid does not reach on time ...
A. Singh, P. Kumar, Kaushal Pachauri, K. Singh   +3 more
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Inpatient Ambulation

JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 2015
Ambulation has proven to be an important part of recovery for medical-surgical patients. This study provides original research on the use of a platform apparatus for ambulation of patients on a medical-surgical unit. Outcomes included number of ambulation attempts, distance of ambulation, length of hospital stay, number of staff necessary to ambulate ...
Lorrie, Henecke, Karen L, Hessler, Trent, LaLonde   +2 more
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