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Driving the ambulance: an essential component of emergency medical services: an integrative review

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background The transport of patients from one location to another is a fundamental part of emergency medical services. However, little interest has been shown in the actual driving of the ambulance.
Julia Becker, Karin Hugelius
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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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Shortening Ambulance Response Time Increases Survival in Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background The ambulance response time in out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has doubled over the past 30 years in Sweden. At the same time, the chances of surviving an OHCA have increased substantially.
Johan Holmén, J. Herlitz, S. Ricksten, A. Strömsöe, Eva Hagberg, C. Axelsson, A. Rawshani   +6 more
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Critical hypertension in trauma patients following prehospital emergency anaesthesia: a multi-centre retrospective observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Critical hypertension in major trauma patients is associated with increased mortality. Prehospital emergency anaesthesia (PHEA) is performed for 10% of the most seriously injured patients.
Liam Sagi, James Price, Kate Lachowycz, Zachary Starr, Rob Major, Chris Keeliher, Benjamin Finbow, Sarah McLachlan, Lyle Moncur, Alistair Steel, Peter B. Sherren, Ed B G Barnard   +11 more
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Supporting research and development in ambulance services: research for better healthcare in prehospital settings [PDF]

, 2010
Background This paper discusses recent developments in research support for ambulance trusts in England and Wales and how this could be designed to lead to better implementation, collaboration in and initiation of high-quality research to support a truly
Donohoe, R, Phillips, P, Siriwardena, AN, Stephenson, J   +3 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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Computer assisted assessment and advice for "non-serious" 999 ambulance service callers : the potential impact on ambulance despatch [PDF]

, 2003
Objective: To investigate the potential impact for ambulance services of telephone assessment and triage for callers who present with non-serious problems (Category C calls) as classified by ambulance service call takers.
Dale, Jeremy, Higgins, J., Williams, S., Foster, T., Snooks, Helen, Crouch, R., Hartley-Sharpe, C., Glucksman, E., Hooper, R., George, S.   +9 more
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MODERN ASPECTS OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF SEVERE COMBINED TRAUMA USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

Вестник медицинского института «Реавиз»: Реабилитация, врач и здоровье, 2021
Relevance. The variety of options for combining injuries and disorders occurring in the body with a combined injury, the need for rapid decision-making on treatment require rapid diagnosis of the entire volume of injuries and determining the severity of ...
I. E. Popova, L. T. Khamidova, R. S. Muslimov, T. G. Barmina, S. A. Badigov   +4 more
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Prehospital critical care is associated with increased survival in adult trauma patients in Scotland [PDF]

, 2020
Background Scotland has three prehospital critical care teams (PHCCTs) providing enhanced care support to a usually paramedic-delivered ambulance service.
Carr, David, Corfield, Alasdair R., Donald, Michael J., Fitzpatrick, David, Hearns, Stephen, Lyon, Richard M., Maddock, Alistair, Sinclair, Neil   +7 more
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Emergency ambulance speed characteristics: a case study of Lesser Poland voivodeship, southern Poland

GeoInformatica, 2021
The correct estimation of ambulance travel time is an extremely important issue from the perspective of healthcare and the security of citizens. In some events, the threat to the health or life of an injured person increases with each minute of waiting ...
M. Lupa, M. Chuchro, Wojciech Sarlej, K. Adamek   +3 more
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