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Computer assisted assessment and advice for "non-serious" 999 ambulance service callers : the potential impact on ambulance despatch [PDF]

, 2003
Objective: To investigate the potential impact for ambulance services of telephone assessment and triage for callers who present with non-serious problems (Category C calls) as classified by ambulance service call takers.
Dale, Jeremy, Higgins, J., Williams, S., Foster, T., Snooks, Helen, Crouch, R., Hartley-Sharpe, C., Glucksman, E., Hooper, R., George, S.   +9 more
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Community pharmacists' practices and perspectives on deprescribing high‐risk psychotropic medicines: National survey findings

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim To explore the practices, confidence and perspectives of community pharmacists in deprescribing high‐risk psychotropic medicines, including opioid analgesics, benzodiazepine, gabapentinoids and medicinal cannabis. Methods An anonymous, cross‐sectional national online survey was conducted between January and April 2025 among Australian community ...
Monica Jung, Louisa Picco, Aili V. Langford, Rose Laing, Jana Dostal, Suzanne Nielsen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Iwona Grabarek, Sławomir Pilip, Leszek Szpakowski, Robert Gałązkowski   +4 more
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Asynchronous Multi-Context Systems

, 2015
In this work, we present asynchronous multi-context systems (aMCSs), which provide a framework for loosely coupling different knowledge representation formalisms that allows for online reasoning in a dynamic environment. Systems of this kind may interact
G. Brewka, J. Lang, J.J. Alferes
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The Mental Health Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Health and Social Care Workers

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic placed exceptional strain on essential services, raising urgent concerns about the mental well‐being of workers in critical sectors. This study examines the short‐ and medium‐term effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of health and social care (HSC) workers in the UK relative to other occupational groups ...
Victoria Serra‐Sastre, Jaime Pinilla, Wasana Kalansooriya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Burden of Disease of Treatment‐Seeking Patients With a Cluster‐C Personality Disorder in the Netherlands; Quality of Life, Functioning, and Societal Costs

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cluster‐C personality disorders (PDs) are common in the general population but often overlooked in scientific research and clinical practice. An important step to increase awareness for timely diagnosis and treatment of cluster‐C PDs is to investigate the burden of disease in terms of quality of life (QoL), daily functioning and the associated
Iuno Z. Groot, Arnoud Arntz, Carlijn J. M. Wibbelink, Bas Verhoeven, Nathan R. Bachrach, Silvia M. A. A. Evers   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community First Responders’ role in the current and future rural health and care workforce: a mixed-methods study

Health and Social Care Delivery Research
Background Community First Responders are trained volunteers dispatched by ambulance services to potentially life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest in the first vital minutes to provide care until highly skilled ambulance staff arrive ...
Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Gupteswar Patel, Vanessa Botan, Murray D Smith, Viet-Hai Phung, Julie Pattinson, Ian Trueman, Colin Ridyard, Mehrshad Parvin Hosseini, Zahid Asghar, Roderick Orner, Amanda Brewster, Pauline Mountain, Elise Rowan, Robert Spaight   +14 more
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24th Canadian Field Ambulance Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps [PDF]

, 2012
The 24th Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, was the only complete Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario unit mobilized and sent overseas in the Second World War. Today few know its story in spite of an active veterans’ association.
Russell, Harold
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Physiology-Aware Rural Ambulance Routing

, 2017
In emergency patient transport from rural medical facility to center tertiary hospital, real-time monitoring of the patient in the ambulance by a physician expert at the tertiary center is crucial.
Berlin Jr., Richard B., Hosseini, Mohammad, Sha, Lui   +2 more
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Mortality after broad‐ versus narrow‐spectrum antibiotic treatment for patients with nursing and healthcare‐associated pneumonia: A nationwide retrospective cohort study

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Nursing and healthcare‐associated pneumonia (NHCAP) is defined as pneumonia occurring in individuals with frequent healthcare contact, such as residents of care facilities or patients with impaired activities of daily living. The effectiveness of broad‐spectrum antibiotics in treating NHCAP remains unclear.
Jumpei Taniguchi, Shotaro Aso, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source