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An Integer Programming Model for the Dynamic Location and Relocation of Emergency Vehicles: A Case Study

open access: yes, 2013
In this paper, we address the dynamic Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems. A dynamic location model is presented that tries to locate and relocate the ambulances.
Jemai, Zied, Moeini, Mahdi, Sahin, Evren
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AUGURAL TERRITORIES: On the Prophetic Organizing of the Mid‐range

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I introduce the concept of augural territories to theorize the urbanism that emerged during pandemic lockdowns. I draw on ethnographic research in Madrid to examine how community‐based responses—including mutual aid networks, food pantries and neighbourhood associations—disrupted the spatial and temporal logics of territorial ...
Alberto Corsín Jiménez
wiley   +1 more source

Attitude and Behavior of Road Users Responding to EMS Ambulances in Developing Countries: a Cross-sectional Study

open access: yesArchives of Academic Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Emergency medical service (EMS) providers use ambulance lights and sirens (L&S) to expedite their travel and to warn road users. This study aimed to assess the attitude and behavior of road users in response to EMS ambulances with warning ...
Mahmoud T. Alwidyan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How much ambulance personnel know about basic life support (BLS)? A hospital-based study from Eastern India

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: Basic life support (BLS) is an important component of emergency medical management. Ambulance personnel play a key role in resuscitation to save a life before reaching the hospital.
Upendra Hansda   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Solutions for Impact Investors: From Strategy to Implementation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In writing this monograph, our main goal is to provide impact investors with tools to tighten the link between their investment decisions and impact creation.
Albert V. Brun   +5 more
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Historical parallels, Ebola virus disease and cholera: understanding community distrust and social violence with epidemics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the three West African countries most affected by the recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak, resistance to public health measures contributed to the startling speed and persistence of this epidemic in the region.
Cohn, Samuel, Kutalek, Ruth
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The impacts of New York's balance billing regulation on ground ambulance pricing

open access: yesHealth Services Research, Volume 60, Issue 2, April 2025.
Abstract Objective To examine the effects of New York's surprise billing regulations on price changes by emergency ground ambulance service providers. Study Design We exploited a natural experiment using a difference‐in‐differences design with randomization inference (RI) to examine the effects of New York state regulations on the prices of emergency ...
Wendy Y. Xu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development, implementation, and evaluation of a state‐wide gastrostomy training program: A proposed education model

open access: yesNutrition &Dietetics, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim Patients receiving home enteral tube feeding have a high risk of complications and readmission to hospital. Enteral nutrition training for health professionals is essential but often not included in basic training curricula. This paper aims to (i) outline the development of a state‐wide gastrostomy training program and (ii) undertake a 7 ...
Sharon Carey   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Golden Hour

open access: yesHIMALAYA
In interviews with leading emergency medicine doctors and developers of a national system of pre-hospital care in Nepal, they allude to the significance of treating trauma patients during “the golden hour”.
Jan Brunson
doaj   +1 more source

Messiah: An ITS drive safety application [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article describes a novel safety application based on the open source navigation software OsmAnd, which runs on the Android platform. The application offers vehicles with "smart navigation", and maintains a network of the vehicles that use our ...
Calafate, Carlos T   +4 more
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