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PLANNING AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR A RURAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE DISTRICT [PDF]
Public Economics,
Doeksen, Gerald A. +2 more
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Addiction, Volume 120, Issue 5, Page 1007-1015, May 2025.Abstract Aims This study aimed to describe clinical features and outcomes of patients presenting to the emergency department with analytically confirmed methamphetamine intoxication, to determine the blood concentration of methamphetamine and to test its association with clinical findings.
David McCutcheon +7 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and Aims The use of new synthetic opioids, such as the highly potent 2‐benzylbenzimidazoles (i.e. nitazene) drugs, is a global health concern because of their increased risk of fatal overdose. In the early 2020s, nitazene analogues were linked to significant numbers of overdoses in the United States.
Richard Bade +5 more
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How Resilient Are Our Societies? Analyses, Models, and Preliminary Results
, 2015 Traditional social organizations such as those for the management of healthcare and civil defence are the result of designs and realizations that matched well with an operational context considerably different from the one we are experiencing today: A ...
De Florio, Vincenzo, Pajaziti, Arianit
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A Framework for Developing and Integrating Effective Routing Strategies Within the Emergency Management Decision-Support System, Research Report 11-12 [PDF]
, 2012 This report describes the modeling, calibration, and validation of a VISSIM traffic-flow simulation of the San José, California, downtown network and examines various evacuation scenarios and first-responder routings to assess strategies that would be ...
Edwards, Frances +2 more
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Naloxone dosing in the era of synthetic opioids: Applying the Goldilocks principle
Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract The opioid overdose epidemic remains a critical public health crisis. In recent years, synthetic opioids like fentanyl and nitazenes, have driven a sharp rise in deaths. Naloxone, an opioid receptor antagonist, has been established as a key intervention for reversing opioid overdoses and saving lives.
Mariana Gonzalez Utrilla +8 more
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EMS Safety, Stretchers, and Stretcher Handling [PDF]
, 2016 What has the greatest impact on EMS crew safety in the area of patient handling? In this study, EMS safety – crew safety for loading and unloading the stretcher either with or without a patient, and the stretcher – primarily powered lift stretchers, and ...
Brandel, Robert
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims People with opioid use disorder are at increased risk of intentional self‐harm and suicide. Although risk factors are well known, most tools for identifying individuals at highest risk of these behaviours have limited clinical value.
Nicola R. Jones +7 more
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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
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