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PLoS ONEBackgroundAmbulance response times are considered important. Busy ambulances are common, but little is known about their effect on response times.ObjectiveTo assess the extent of busy ambulances in Central Norway and their impact on ambulance response ...
Sara Marie Nilsen +2 more
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Identification and characteristics of biological agents in work environment of medical emergency services in selected ambulances [PDF]
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2017 Objectives: Assessment of microbial air quality and surface contamination in ambulances and administration offices as a control place without occupational exposure to biological agents; based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of bacteria, yeasts ...
Agata Bielawska-Drózd +10 more
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The specialization of emergency medical services in Iran: A qualitative study [PDF]
Journal of Education and Health PromotionBackground: The specialization of emergency medical services (EMS) in the areas of cardiac and neurological disorders, accidents, and toxicology has emerged as a recent challenge.
Habib A. Babaei +3 more
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Future Healthcare Journal, 2019 To reduce admissions and create beds while providing top quality service. We transformed an already existing, nurse-led day unit and clinic area into an ambulatory unit. We converted the sitting hall into a patient area, by fitting partition curtains and placing two trolleys and three couches, accommodating five patients at one time.
Faisal B, Chaudhry +3 more
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Developing a prehospital care service in a low‐resource setting: Barriers and solutions
Health Science Reports, 2023 Prehospital care (PHC) is critical to the comprehensive and effective functioning of a healthcare system. Given the disproportionate burden of both communicable and non‐communicable diseases in low‐income nations, its significance cannot be understated ...
Berjo D. Takoutsing, Yvan Zolo
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EXAMINATION OF AMBULANCE ARRIVAL TIMES BY GEOINFORMATICS TOOLS – EXAMPLE OF BORSOD-ABAÚJZEMPLÉN COUNTY (HUNGARY) [PDF]
Analele Universităţii din Oradea: Seria Geografie, 2022 An essential part of the health system is the ambulance service, whose main task is to provide patients with high quality care. In the spirit of the above, the aim of the study is to explore the spatial characteristics of the ambulance service in a ...
Dániel ECSEGI, Gábor KOZMA
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Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021 Objectives During the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK), to describe volume and pattern of calls to emergency ambulance services, proportion of calls where an ambulance was dispatched, proportion conveyed to hospital, and ...
Helen Snooks +21 more
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Journal of Public Health, 2000 Ambulance services produce a large quantity of data, which can yield valuable summary statistics. For strategic planning purposes, an economic framework is proposed, and the following four resource allocation questions are answered, using data from the Surrey Ambulance Service: (1) To satisfy government response time targets, how many additional ...
A J, Fischer +4 more
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