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The golden circle: A way of arguing and acting about technology in the London ambulance service [PDF]

, 2002
This paper analyses the way in which the London Ambulance Service recovered from the events of October 1992, when it implemented a computer-aided despatch system (LASCAD) that remained in service for less than two weeks.
A Giddens, A Giddens, A Pettigrew, A Pettigrew, B Latour, B Latour, B Latour, B Latour, B Latour, C Ciborra, D Knights, D Knights, D Wastell, G Walsham, G Walsham, G Walsham, H Collins, H Harbers, J Law, J Law, J Law, J Law, K Mcgrath, K Weick, K Weick, L Introna, L Winner, M Callon, M Callon, M Callon, M Foucault, M Foucault, M Heidegger, M Hougham, M Reed, P Beynon-Davies, R Hull, S Fineman   +37 more
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A National Survey of Prehospital Care Services of United Kingdom for Use, Governance and Perception of Prehospital Point of Care Ultrasound

POCUS Journal, 2022
Introduction: Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has become a common practice in prehospital care over the last 10 years. There is lack of literature on its use and governance structure in United Kingdom (UK) prehospital care services.
Salman Naeem, Christopher Edmunds, Thomas Hirst, Julia Williams, Amir Alzarrad, James Ronaldson, Jon Barratt, East Anglian Air Ambulance Research, Audit, Innovation and Development Group, Pre-hospital Trainee Operated Research Network   +8 more
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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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Contour-Maintaining-Based Image Adaption for an Efficient Ambulance Service in Intelligent Transportation Systems

IEEE Access, 2020
Ambulance services play a vital role in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). In an intelligent ambulance system, the medical images can help doctors quickly and accurately understand the patients’ condition during first aid.
Qingfang Liu, Baosheng Kang, Keping Yu, Xin Qi, Jing Li, Shoujin Wang, Hong-an Li   +6 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
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An observational study of patient characteristics associated with the mode of admission to acute stroke services in North East, England [PDF]

, 2013
Objective Effective provision of urgent stroke care relies upon admission to hospital by emergency ambulance and may involve pre-hospital redirection.
Antony Bayer, Christopher I. Price, CI Price, CS Kidwell, CS Kwok, D Kleindorfer, DA Quain, FI Mahoney, G Saposnik, Gary A. Ford, H Kamel, Helen Rodgers, HJ Audebert, I Mosley, J Harbison, Jay Duckett, JE Bray, JE Bray, JI Spark, JM Kerns, JM Wardlaw, Joanne Gray, Karen Portas, MM Rymer, N Nagaraja, NU Weir, Peter McMeekin, PU Heuschmann, R Bonita, R Mikulík, Ruth Wood, S Abilleira, SC Cramer, TN Turan, Victoria Rae, Y Teuschl, YM Mohammad, YS Kim   +37 more
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Epidemiology of emergency ambulance service calls related to mental health problems and self harm: a national record linkage study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
BackgroundPeople experiencing a mental health crisis receive variable and poorer quality care than those experiencing a physical health crisis. Little is known about the epidemiology, subsequent care pathways of mental health and self-harm emergencies ...
E. Duncan, C. Best, N. Dougall, S. Skar, J. Evans, A. Corfield, D. Fitzpatrick, I. Goldie, M. Maxwell, H. Snooks, C. Stark, C. White, W. Wojcik   +12 more
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Stakeholder perspectives on new ways of delivering unscheduled health care: the role of ownership and organisational identity [PDF]

, 2006
<b>Rationale, aims and objectives</b>: To explore stakeholder perspectives of the implementation of a new, national integrated nurse-led telephone advice and consultation service (NHS 24), comparing the views of stakeholders from different ...
Department of Health, Department of Health, Glaser B. G., Hallam L., Hopton J., Mark A. L., Marshall M., Miles M. B., NHS Executive, NHS Scotland, O'Donnell C. A., Pawson R., Pearce K., Pollock A. M., Scottish Executive, Smith J.   +15 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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Epidemiology, prehospital care and outcomes of patients arriving by ambulance with dyspnoea: An observational study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: This study aimed to determine epidemiology and outcome for patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) with shortness of breath who were transported by ambulance.
Archer, Peter, Asha, Stephen Edward, Bryant, Michael, Chalkley, Dane, Chan, Barry, Cheri, Thomas, Chor, Melvin S Y, Cowell, David Lord, Craig, Simon, De Villecourt, Tracey, Duffy, Martin, Eley, Rob, Furyk, Jeremy, Goh, Shaun E., Graham, Colin A., Grummisch, Michelle, Haythorne, Helen, Holdgate, Anna, Jain, Nitin, Jones, Peter, Keijzers, Gerben, Kelly, Anne Maree, Kinnear, Frances, Klim, Sharon, Knott, Jonathan, Kuan, Win Sen, Laribi, Said, Lawoko, Charles, Lee, Francis Chun Yue, Lee, Kendall, Lee, Wee Yee, Leung, Ling Pong, Lozzi, Lydia, MacDonald, Stephen, Mahlangu, Mlungisi, Man, Chan Ka, Martin, Shane, McNulty, Richard, Meek, Robert, Morel, Douglas Gordon, Nguyen, Mai, Orda, Ulrich, Rahman, Nik Hisamuddin, Ritchie, Peter, Rosengarten, Pamela, Rosengren, David, Russell, Kerrie, Ryan, Alison, Saiboon, Ismail Mohd, Scott, Michael, Smith, Richard D B, Thom, Ogilvie, Thone, Jae, Watkins, Gina, Watson, Michael, Wilson, Kathryn, Wong, Chi Pang, Wong, Tai Wai   +57 more
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