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Describing a 12-hour ambulance shift during a second wave of COVID-19 in London [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, has strained international healthcare systems, including ambulance availability. Ambulance officers and paramedics are at the frontline of this pandemic and are therefore particularly ...
Whitfield, S   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnostic accuracy of pre-hospital invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring for haemodynamic management in traumatic brain injury and spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Neuroprotective measures to prevent secondary brain injury are a critical aspect of pre-hospital management in patients with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage (sICH).
J. E. Griggs   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Presence of a pre-hospital enhanced care team reduces on scene time and improves triage compliance for stab trauma

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background A reduction in pre-hospital scene time for patients with penetrating trauma is associated with reduced mortality, when combined with appropriate hospital triage.
Alan Cowley   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retrospective identification of medication related adverse events in the emergency medical services through the analysis of a patient safety register

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Adverse drug events encompass a wide range of potential unintended and harmful events, from adverse drug reactions to medication errors, many of which in retrospect, are considered preventable. However, the primary challenge towards reducing their burden
Ian Howard   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hazardous material and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incident readiness among prehospital care professionals in the State of Qatar

open access: yesGlobal Security: Health, Science and Policy, 2022
This study aimed to determine whether the Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service (HMCAS) personnel fulfil the pre-hospital readiness requirements for hazardous material and chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (HazMat-CBRN) incidents ...
Hassan Farhat   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Fence or the Ambulance [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1933
'Let us stop at its source all this mischief,' cried he, ' Come, neighbors and friends, let us rally, If the cliff we will fence we might almost dispense With the ambulance down in the valley.' Oh, he's a fanatic,' the others rejoined. 'Dispense with the ambulance? Never! He'd dispense with all charities, too, if he could; But no!
openaire   +2 more sources

Alcohol and Other Drug Vocational Education and Training in Australia: Changes in the Landscape From 2011 to 2024

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT People impacted by alcohol and other drugs (AOD) are supported across a range of health and social service settings, often by workers in generalist roles who may not have specialist training. Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in equipping AOD workers with the knowledge and skills required for practice, yet there is no ...
Kirrilly Thompson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in publicly subsidized and private access to GLP‐1 medicines indicated for type 2 diabetes in Australia, 2020–2025

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims GLP‐1 medicines provide substantial cardio‐renal benefits for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and are increasingly used for weight loss. Most high‐income countries subsidize access for T2D with restrictions; use outside of these restrictions occurs through private prescriptions. Despite strong consumer demand, the extent of private access to GLP‐1 medicines
Michael O. Falster   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endometriosis in the postmanopasual period (clinical case) [PDF]

open access: yesГинекология, 2017
The presented material describes the clinical case of newly diagnosed endometriosis in a woman who is in the postmenopausal period. The prevalence of this pathology in individuals after the onset of menopause is 2-5% with a malignancy probability of 0.9%.
I S Zakharov   +7 more
doaj  

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