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Evaluation of the misuse of pre-hospital ambulance services and triage performance: A single-center study [PDF]

Archives of Trauma Research
Background: Inappropriate use of emergency health services and increasing admission to emergency services (ES) are universal problems. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the appropriateness of using prehospital emergency health services and triage ...
Arzu Babacan
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Public awareness of emergency medical services phone number

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background: Activating the emergency medical services (EMS) system in case of medical emergencies must be quick and precise. This study was designed to measure public awareness of Riyadh's EMS phone number.
Abdullah A. Alabdali, Abdulrahman A. Alfraidi, Abdullah A. Almuhanna, Abdulwahab S. Alhamdan, Anas O. Alharbi, Ahmad A. Alshaqha, Omar S.Aldibasi   +6 more
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Sustaining a New Model of Acute Stroke Care: A Mixed-Method Process Evaluation of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2023
Background  Internationally, Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) ambulances have changed pre-hospital acute stroke care delivery. MSU clinical and cost-effectiveness studies are emerging, but little is known about important factors for achieving sustainability of ...
Kathleen L. Bagot, Tara Purvis, Shaun Hancock, Henry Zhao, Skye Coote, Damien Easton, Bruce CV Campbell, Stephen M. Davis, Geoff A. Donnan, Shane Foster, Francesca Langenberg, Karen Smith, Michael Stephenson, Stephen Bernard, Sharon McGowan, Bernard Yan, Peter Mitchell, Sandy Middleton, Dominique A. Cadilhac   +18 more
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A taxonomy for emergency service station location problem [PDF]

, 2011
The emergency service station (ESS) location problem has been widely studied in the literature since 1970s. There has been a growing interest in the subject especially after 1990s.
Basar, Ayfer, Başar, Ayfer, Catay, Bulent, Unluyurt, Tonguc, Çatay, Bülent, Ünlüyurt, Tonguç   +5 more
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Determining the sensitivity of emergency dispatcher and paramedic diagnosis of stroke: statewide registry linkage study

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2022
Introduction Correctly identifying people with suspected stroke is essential for ensuring rapid treatment. Our aims were to determine the sensitivity of emergency dispatcher and paramedic identification of patients with stroke, the factors associated ...
Amminadab L. Eliakundu, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Joosup Kim, Monique F. Kilkenny, Kathleen L. Bagot, Emily Andrew, Shelley Cox, Christopher F. Bladin, Michael Stephenson, Lauren Pesavento, Lauren Sanders, Ben Clissold, Henry Ma, Karen Smith   +13 more
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Ambulation in labour. [PDF]

BMJ, 1978
In a randomised prospective study of 68 women in spontaneous labour half were allocated to an ambulant group and half to a recumbent group. The duration of labour was significantly shorter, the need for analgesia significantly less, and the incidence of fetal heart abnormalities significantly smaller in the ambulant group than in the recumbent group ...
A M, Flynn, J, Kelly, G, Hollins, P F, Lynch   +3 more
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A history of ambulance practitioners and services in SA

South African Family Practice, 1996
No abstract available.
G. Dalbock
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Application of Telemedicine System to Prehospital Medical Control [PDF]

Healthcare Informatics Research, 2015
ObjectivesAlthough ambulance-based telemedicine has been reported to be safe and feasible, its clinical usefulness has not been well documented, and different prehospital management systems would yield different results.
Suck Ju Cho, In Ho Kwon, Jinwoo Jeong
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Affection not affliction: The role of emotions in information systems and organizational change [PDF]

, 2006
Most IS research in both the technical/rational and socio-technical traditions ignores or marginalizes the emotionally charged behaviours through which individuals engage in, and cope with the consequences of, IS practice and associated organizational ...
Adam, Albrow, Alexander, Alvesson, Alvesson, Ashforth, Avgerou, Avgerou, Avgerou, Barrett, Bell, Beynon-Davies, Bowker, Brosnan, Ciborra, Ciborra, Davis, DeMarco, DHSS, DOH, Fineman, Flyvbjerg, Foucault, Foucault, Foucault, Foucault, Foucault, Foucault, Foucault, Franz, Gagliardi, Gefen, Giddens, Giddens, Hochschild, Hochschild, Huijer, Kathy McGrath, Knights, Knights, Lapointe, Lee, Markus, Markus, Marx, Meyerson, Mumby, Oatley, Orlikowski, Peters, Pettigrew, Picard, Pollock, Porter, Pratt, Silva, Strati, Suchman, Taylor, Trauth, Trist, Venkatesh, von Bertalanffy, Walsham, Walsham, Walsham, Wastell, Wastell, Wastell, Wastell, Weber, Weber, Weick, Williamson, Williamson, Williamson, Yourdon, Zuboff   +77 more
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Systematic review of trends in emergency department attendances : an Australian perspective [PDF]

, 2011
Emergency departments (EDs) in many developed countries are experiencing increasing pressure due to rising numbers of patient presentations and emergency admissions. Reported increases range up to 7% annually. Together with limited inpatient bed capacity,
Cameron, Peter, Cooke, Matthew, Curtis, Andrea J., Lowthian, Judy A., McNeil, John, Stoelwinder, Johannes U.   +5 more
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