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Ambulation in labour. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1978
In a randomised prospective study of 68 women in spontaneous labour half were allocated to an ambulant group and half to a recumbent group. The duration of labour was significantly shorter, the need for analgesia significantly less, and the incidence of fetal heart abnormalities significantly smaller in the ambulant group than in the recumbent group ...
A M, Flynn   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Best practice advice on pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia & advanced airway management

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Effective and timely airway management is a priority for sick and injured patients. The benefit and conduct of pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia (PHEA) and advanced airway management remains controversial but there are a proportion of ...
Kate Crewdson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding patient non-transport decision theories in the pre-hospital setting: a narrative review

open access: yesInternational Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background In pre-hospital emergency care, decisions regarding patient non-conveyance emerged as significant determinants of healthcare outcomes and resource utilization.
Hassan Farhat   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

“You have to live with some risk, it’s part of the profession”. Specialist ambulance nurses’ perceptions of assignments involving ongoing lethal violence

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background As a result of several violent terrorist incidents, authorities in Sweden have shifted from previous approaches of being certain that it is safe for the ambulance service to enter the scene, to a one where “safe enough” is sufficient ...
Susanne Stendahl   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving safety of using ambulance vehicles in large cities

open access: yes, 2020
The safe use of ambulance vehicles is ensured by a number of factors, one of which is a proper technical condition of the suspension components, meeting the current requirements of megacities (Dezhurny et al. 2010, Yurkovskiy 2010).
A. Voitko   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Starting ambulance care professionals and critical incidents: a qualitative study on experiences, consequences and coping strategies

open access: yesBMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Ambulance care professionals are regularly confronted with critical incidents that increase risks for mental health disorders. To minimize these risks, it is important that ambulance care professionals adequately cope with critical incidents ...
J. Loef   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Determinants of prehospital lactate in trauma patients: a retrospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Point of care serum lactate measurement is emerging as an adjunct to prehospital clinical assessment and has the potential to guide triage and advanced treatment decision-making.
E. ter Avest   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-conveyance in the ambulance service: a population-based cohort study in Stockholm, Sweden

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Non-conveyed patients represent a significant proportion of all patients cared for by ambulance services in the western world. However, scientific knowledge on non-conveyance is sparse.
J. Lederman   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An ambulance for retinol

open access: yeseLife, 2014
During inflammation, serum amyloid A proteins transport retinol to infected tissues.
Stephanie C Ganal, Andrew J MacPherson
openaire   +4 more sources

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