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Development and Validation of the Ambulance Nurse Competence Scale.

Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2020
INTRODUCTION In recent decades, major competency shifts have taken place in prehospital care in Sweden because staffing ambulances with registered/specialized nurses has become a priority.
J. Nilsson, S. Johansson, G. Nordström, B. Wilde-Larsson   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

NHS Direct: consistency of triage outcomes [PDF]

, 2003
OBJECTIVES: To examine the consistency of triage outcomes by nurses using four types of computerised decision support software in NHS Direct. METHODS: 119 scenarios were constructed based on calls to ambulance services that had been assigned the ...
Knowles, E., Munro, J.F., Nicholl, J., O'Cathain, A., Webber, E.   +4 more
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Defining major trauma: a Delphi study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Introduction Retrospective trauma scores are often used to categorise trauma, however, they have little utility in the prehospital or hyper-acute setting and do not define major trauma to non-specialists.
Lee Thompson, Michael Hill, Fiona Lecky, Gary Shaw   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Global 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, James Laughton, Padarath Gangaram, Kawther El Aifa, Mohamed Chaker Khenissi, Ouissem Zaghouani, Moncef Khadhraoui, Imed Gargouri, Guillaume Alinier   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding variation in ambulance service non-conveyance rates: a mixed methods study [PDF]

, 2018
Background In England in 2015/16, ambulance services responded to nearly 11 million calls. Ambulance Quality Indicators show that half of the patients receiving a response by telephone or face to face were not conveyed to an emergency department.
Bishop-Edwards, L., Coster, J., Crum, A., Jacques, R., James, C., Knowles, E., Lawson, R., Marsh, M., O’Cathain, A., O’Hara, R., Siriwardena, A.N., Stone, T., Turner, J., Williams, J.   +13 more
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‘We’re the First Port of Call’ – Perspectives of Ambulance Staff on Responding to Deaths by Suicide: A Qualitative Study

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
Introduction Exposure to suicide is a known risk factor for suicide. Ambulance staff are exposed to work-related stressors including attending suicides, which may elevate their risk for mental health problems/suicide.
P. Nelson, L. Cordingley, N. Kapur, C. Chew‐Graham, J. Shaw, S. Smith, B. McGale, Sharon Mcdonnell   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Parents' WhatsApp coping resources in the context of ongoing political conflicts: An ecological exploration

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz, Stav Shapira, Orna Braun‐Lewensohn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soundwaves of innovation: a qualitative exploration of POCUS in Australasian ambulance and retrieval services

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Objectives Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) represents an advancement in diagnostic ability and procedural success for paramedics in out-of-hospital settings.
Jake Donovan, Kelly-Ann Bowles, Brendan Shannon, David Anderson, Samuel Burton, Benjamin Meadley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency Stroke Calls: Obtaining Rapid Telephone Triage (ESCORTT) - a programme of research to facilitate recognition of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Rapid access to emergency stroke care can reduce death and disability by enabling immediate provision of interventions such as thrombolysis, physiological monitoring and stabilisation.
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Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz, Fiona Carey, Libby Witts, Jessie Spence, Peter Mulherin, Megan Topping, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source