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Management of Agitation in Emergency Medical Services for Older Adults: A Qualitative Exploration

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Emergency medical services (EMS) providers are often first responders to agitated older adults, providing critical clinical care and transport. However, significant knowledge gaps persist in our understanding of agitation management for older adults in the prehospital setting.
Fatima I. Shah, Grace Lew, Ryan Lee, Krista Reich, Kathryn Crowder, Stephanie VandenBerg, Margaret McGillivray, Ian E. Blanchard, Zahra Goodarzi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Financial Sustainability of Programs to Initiate Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Department Settings

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The US is experiencing an epidemic of opioid misuse and mortality. Effective treatments are available, including medications for opioid use disorders (MOUD), but they are greatly underused due to a variety of barriers. In response, some US hospitals have established programs to identify emergency department (ED) patients with opioid
Dominic Hodgkin, Cindy Parks Thomas, Margot T. Davis, Jennifer J. Wicks, Shelly F. Greenfield, Zachary F. Meisel, Constance M. Horgan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Speech Recognition Technology: Improving Speed and Accuracy of Emergency Medical Services Documentation to Protect Patients [PDF]

, 2018
Because hospital errors, such as mistakes in documentation, cause one in six deaths each year in the United States, the accuracy of health records in the emergency medical services (EMS) must be improved.
Tran, Tan
core   +2 more sources

Analysis of rapid onset heroin overdose cases from a supervised injecting facility in Melbourne, Australia

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims To characterise the clinical condition of rapid onset heroin overdose cases, and to determine the incidence and characteristics of such cases. Design A retrospective cohort study of witnessed heroin overdose cases over a 12‐month period (1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024). Setting The Medically Supervised Injecting Room in Melbourne, Australia.
Nathan C. Stam, Monika Shrestha, Basak Tas, John Furler, Yvonne Bonomo, John Strang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A survey of the perceived quality of patient handover by ambulance staff in the resuscitation room [PDF]

, 2001
Shobhan Thakore
openalex   +1 more source

Emergency department presentations, hospitalisations and police seizure data related to gamma‐hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in New South Wales, Australia, from 2015 to 2024

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Gamma‐hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is an endogenous neurochemical and illicit synthetic drug. Its precursors, gamma‐butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4‐butanediol (1,4‐BD), are often used as substitutes. We aimed to describe GHB‐related harms in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
Krista J. Siefried, Janette L. Smith, Christine A. Harvey, Anthony Nedanoski, Jared A. Brown, Una Cullinan, Nadine Ezard, Thanjira Jiranantakan, Darren M. Roberts, Jonathan Brett   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ambulance nurse experiences of non‐conveying patients [PDF]

, 2018
Erik Höglund, Agneta Schröder, Margareta Möller, Magnus Andersson‐Hagiwara, Emma Ohlsson‐Nevo   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source

The Impact of Information Technology on Emergency Health Care Outcomes [PDF]

This paper analyzes the productivity of technology and job design in emergency response systems, or 911 systems.' During the 1990s, many 911 systems adopted Enhanced 911' (E911), where information technology is used to link automatic caller ...
Scott Stern, Susan Athey
core  

An observational study of pre‐hospital central venous access for patients with haemorrhagic shock due to major trauma

Anaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Exsanguinating haemorrhagic shock due to major trauma is associated with high mortality. Rapid intravenous volume replacement with blood products is a crucial element of early treatment. When peripheral intravenous access cannot be obtained, pre‐hospital placement of a large‐calibre central venous catheter, known as a trauma line ...
Paolo Pallavicini, Luca Carenzo, Ryan Adams, Flora Bird, Ross Davenport, Robert Greenhalgh, Andrew E. Wood, Jack Gallagher, Sara Williams, Daryl Newland, David J. Lockey, Zane B. Perkins, Ewoud ter Avest, for the Exsanguination Working Group, Cosmo Scurr, Malcolm Tunnicliff, Anthony Hudson, Liz Foster   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Hong Kong emergency medical services system: A scoping review

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction Hong Kong's emergency medical services (EMS) system has been developing since the late nineteenth century and has evolved over the years to form a complex system with multiple organisations providing prehospital emergency care to the ...
Lancelot Hei Lok Leung, Anthony Yunda Kwok, Eponine Kate Wong, Arthur Chi Kin Cheung, Timothy Hudson Rainer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source