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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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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
core   +1 more source

Management of Agitation in Emergency Medical Services for Older Adults: A Qualitative Exploration

open access: yesAcademic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Emergency medical services (EMS) providers are often first responders to agitated older adults, providing critical clinical care and transport. However, significant knowledge gaps persist in our understanding of agitation management for older adults in the prehospital setting.
Fatima I. Shah   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification and characteristics of biological agents in work environment of medical emergency services in selected ambulances

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +1 more source

Tanzania: In their own words: Poor women and health services. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
"In Their Own Words: Poor Women And Health Services" highlights critical constraints that poor women experience in accessing health services, including the challenges they face and the strategies they use to overcome them. This summary report is meant to
Women's Dignity Project/Utu Mwanamke, (WDP)
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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
core   +1 more source

Ambulances [PDF]

open access: yesHeart, 2001
M K, Davies, A, Hollman
openaire   +2 more sources

The Financial Sustainability of Programs to Initiate Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Department Settings

open access: yesAcademic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The US is experiencing an epidemic of opioid misuse and mortality. Effective treatments are available, including medications for opioid use disorders (MOUD), but they are greatly underused due to a variety of barriers. In response, some US hospitals have established programs to identify emergency department (ED) patients with opioid
Dominic Hodgkin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atención prehospitalaria de urgencias en el Distrito Federal: las oportunidades del sistema de salud Prehospital emergency care in Mexico City: the opportunities of the healthcare system

open access: yesSalud Pública de México, 2005
Las lesiones de tráfico no-intencionales a escala global causan 1.2 millones de muertes cada año, afectan a personas en edad productiva y son eventos potencialmente prevenibles.
Luis M Pinet
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