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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 ...
Lars Eide Næss +7 more
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Factors associated with utilization of motorcycle ambulances by pregnant women in rural eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2016 This article reports the evidence suggests that use of motorcycle ambulances can help to improve health facility deliveries; however, few studies have explored the motivators for and barriers to their usage.
Joseph K. B. Matovu, Rogers Ssebunya
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Road ambulances: working conditions of paramedics – pilot studies
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2020 Objectives The article presents the results of selected pilot studies conducted in medical ambulances. Their aim was to determine the working conditions and identify troublesome factors accompanying the performance of basic medical procedures by rescue ...
Sylwia Bęczkowska +4 more
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GPS Tracking App for Police to Track Ambulances Carrying COVID-19 Patients for Ensuring Safe Distancing [PDF]
Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2020 The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is causing loss of lives and property all over the world. There have been more than 2.1 million cases of COVID-19 with a death of more than 1.2 lakh patients worldwide and the numbers are still rising.
Ranajoy Mallik +2 more
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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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Prehospital Early Warning Scores to Predict Mortality in Patients Using Ambulances
JAMA Network Open, 2023 This prognostic study investigates the performance of early warning scores in predicting 30-day mortality among patients who used ambulances.
T. Lindskou +4 more
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Ambulances Deployment Problems: Categorization, Evolution and Dynamic Problems Review
ISPRS Int. J. Geo Inf., 2022 In this paper, an analytic review of the recent methodologies tackling the problem of dynamic allocation of ambulances was carried out. Considering that state-of-the-art is moving to deal with more extensive and dynamic problems to address in a better ...
D. Neira-Rodado +2 more
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Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran, 2022 Background: To improve the quality of services provided by emergency medical services (EMS), a correct understanding of the current situation and analysis of possible problems is required. The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of clients’
Ali Aboosalehi +6 more
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Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2022 Background Access time to emergency patients is a critical factor that affects the outcomes of life-or-death situations, especially in the cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA).
Korakot Apiratwarakul +5 more
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2021 International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ICECIT), 2021 In this study, a low-cost Ultraviolet disinfection system is proposed to be used inside ambulances for minimizing the cross-infection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) during patient transfer.
Sakhawat Hossen Rakib +5 more
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