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Application of the emergency medical services trigger tool to measure adverse events in prehospital emergency care: a time series analysis

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2018
Background Emergency Care has previously been identified as an area of significant concern regarding the prevalence of Adverse Events (AEs). However, the majority of this focus has been on the in-hospital setting, with little understanding of the ...
Ian Howard, Bernard Pillay, Nicholas Castle, Loua Al Shaikh, Robert Owen, David Williams   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Mobile Geo-Communication Dataset for Physiology-Aware DASH in Rural Ambulance Transport

, 2017
Use of telecommunication technologies for remote, continuous monitoring of patients can enhance effectiveness of emergency ambulance care during transport from rural areas to a regional center hospital. However, the communication along the various routes
Berlin, Richard R., Hosseini, Mohammad, Jiang, Yu, Sha, Lui, Yekkehkhany, Ali   +4 more
core   +1 more source

A qualitative study of decision-making and safety in ambulance service transitions [PDF]

, 2014
Background Decisions made by front-line ambulance staff are often time critical and based on limited information, but wrong decisions in this context could have serious consequences for patients.
Hirst, Enid, Johnson, Maxine, Mason, Suzanne, Mortimer, Peter, Newman, Chris, O’Hara, Rachel, Quinn, Tom, Shaw, Deborah, Shewan, Jane, Siriwardena, A Niroshan, Storey, Matthew, Turner, Janette, Weyman, Andrew   +12 more
core   +4 more sources

Identifying rural-urban differences in the predictors of emergency ambulance service demand and misuse.

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi, 2019
OBJECTIVE This study aims to assess rural-urban differences in the predictors of emergency ambulance service (EAS) demand and misuse in New Taipei City. Identifying the predictors of EAS demand will help the EAS service managing authority in formulating ...
H. Wong, Teng-Kang Lin, Jen-Jia Lin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Incidence and outcomes of childhood status epilepticus in Kano, northern Nigeria

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) is a major neurological emergency in childhood, but population‐based data from low‐ and middle‐income countries remain limited. We estimated the incidence, mortality, neurological outcomes, and predictors of adverse outcomes among children with CSE in Kano, northern Nigeria.
Umar A. Sabo, Halima Kabir, Aminu T. Abdullahi, Halima Adamu, Auwal S. Salihu, Abba M. Abdullahi, Aminu Wada, Zubairu Iliyasu, Jamilu Zakari, Safiya Gambo, Binta W. Jibir, Muktar H. Aliyu, Usman J. Wudil, Donna J. Ingles, Heather L. Prigmore, Bryan E. Shepherd, Angela R. Paolucci, Edwin Trevathan   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alternatives to direct emergency department conveyance of ambulance patients: a scoping review of the evidence

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background The role of ambulance services is shifting, due in part to more intermediate, non-urgent patients who do not require direct emergency department conveyance, yet who cannot be safely left at home alone.
Joanna M. Blodgett, Duncan J. Robertson, Elspeth Pennington, David Ratcliffe, Kenneth Rockwood   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiple triangulation and collaborative research using qualitative methods to explore decision making in pre-hospital emergency care. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Paramedics make important and increasingly complex decisions at scene about patient care. Patient safety implications of influences on decision making in the pre-hospital setting were previously under-researched.
A Porter, A Weyman, A. Niroshan Siriwardena, Andrew Weyman, C Vincent, C Vincent, EG Guba, Enid Hirst, HA David, J Ritchie, Jane Shewan, Janette Turner, M Dixon-Woods, M Hammersley, Maxine Johnson, MQ Patton, N Denzin, NHS England, R O’Hara, Rachel O’Hara, S Cooper, S Cooper, S Kirk, S Reeves, Suzanne Mason, Tom Quinn, VA Thurmond   +26 more
core   +3 more sources

From Parallel Provision to Health System Integration: Exploring the Trajectory and Contextual Drivers of the Healthcare Response for Refugees in Six Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rising numbers of refugees, prolonged displacement and reduced funding have led to challenges in terms of how to address their healthcare needs, with different approaches taken, ranging from parallel mechanisms to arrangements that are integrated (to different extents) within the national health system. Increasingly, global frameworks call for
Maria Paola Bertone, Natasha Palmer, Amina Olabi, Ibrahim Bou‐Orm, Hussam Rekani, Hassan Ould Moctar, Ricardo Chuquimia, Chitalu Miriam Chama‐Chiliba, Ben Ngoye, Zahid Ali Memon, Marcia Vera‐Espinoza, Karin Diaconu, Alastair Ager, Sophie Witter   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Implementation of a Community Paramedicine Program in Rural United States

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Community paramedicine (CP) is an innovative care model focused on medical management for patients suffering from chronic diseases or other conditions that result in over-utilization of healthcare services.
Lucas A. Myers, Peter N. Carlson, Paul W. Krantz, Hannah L. Johnson, Matthew D. Will, Tasha M. Bjork, Marlene Dirkes, Justin E. Bowe, Kirk A. Gunderson, Christopher S. Russi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact on Ambulance Mobilisations of an Increasing Age Profile of Telecare Service Users Receiving Advanced Proactive, Personalised Telecare in Spain—a Longitudinal Study 2014–2018 [PDF]

, 2021
Wendy Hugoosgift Contreras, Ester Sarquella, Eva Binefa, Mar Entrambasaguas, Anette Stjerne, P. B. Booth   +5 more
openalex   +1 more source