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A scoping review to determine the barriers and facilitators to initiation and performance of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation during emergency calls

Resuscitation Plus, 2022
Background: To maximise out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients’ survival, bystanders should perform continuous, good quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until ambulance arrival.
Emogene S. Aldridge, Nirukshi Perera, Stephen Ball, Judith Finn, Janet Bray   +4 more
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Assessing Comfort and Safety in Use of Elevators’ Human–Machine Interaction Devices

Buildings
Elevators are essential for accessibility and play a key role in a building’s functionality. Normally mass-produced and purchased from catalogs, elevators require thoughtful integration into architectural design to meet ergonomic, aesthetic, and safety ...
Giovanni Perrucci, Marco Costa, Elena Giacomello, Dario Trabucco   +3 more
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Situation Description and Critical Technology Analysis of Public Emergency Call Service Based on Internet of Vehicle

Dianxin kexue, 2014
The situation of public emergency call service in Europe, USA and Russia etc was described. And it made analysis for technology indexes, telecommunication technologies and vehicle electronic technologies involved in emergency call.
Jie Li
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Stress and salivary cortisol in emergency medical dispatchers: A randomized shifts control trial.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Stress at work is a public health concern. Phone operators in emergency medical dispatch centers are particularly at risk. We aimed to demonstrate that the most stressful time for emergency medical dispatchers is the shift when they receive emergency ...
Sarah Bedini, François Braun, Laurence Weibel, Michel Aussedat, Bruno Pereira, Frédéric Dutheil   +5 more
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Cien números de emergencias en Chile: desarrollo histórico y contexto en salud

Revista Médica Clínica Las Condes, 2023
Resumen: Introducción: La salud en Latinoamérica y en Chile se encuentra fragmentada y segmentada, traduciéndose en falta de coordinación entre los distintos niveles, duplicidad de servicios e infraestructura, resultando en falta de acceso a los ...
Patricio Garrido-Mancilla
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COVID-19 pandemic effects on the emergency medical services utilization: A systematic review protocol

Journal of Education and Health Promotion
To the best of our knowledge, to date, there is no comprehensive review study that has explored the effects and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency medical services (EMS) systems.
Yousof Akbari-Shahrestanaki, Mohsen Aminizadeh, Azam Gholami-Shahrebabakone, Mehdi Beyrami-Jam   +3 more
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Pre-requisites for making an effective rapid response system:a retrospective study of the abnormal signs of in-hospital emergency cases in a hospital without a rapid response system

Journal of Hospital General Medicine, 2023
To decrease the number of unexpected in-hospital cardiac arrest cases, some hospitals have introduced rapid response systems (RRS). However, this has not necessarily decreased in- hospital cardiac arrests.
Satoko Shimizu, Shun-ichi Nihei, Takayuki Uchida, Hideaki Arai, Nobuya Harayama, Keiji Aibara, Masayuki Kamochi   +6 more
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Self reported involvement in emergency medicine among GPs in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2018
Objective: To examine general practitioners’ (GPs’) perception of their role in emergency medicine and participation in emergency services including ambulance call outs, and the characteristics of the GPs and casualty clinics associated with the GPs ...
Magnus Hjortdahl, Erik Zakariassen, Peder A. Halvorsen   +2 more
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Rural GPs’ attitudes toward participating in emergency medicine: a qualitative study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2016
Objective: Health authorities want to increase general practitioner (GP) participation in emergency medicine, but the role of the GP in this context controversial. We explored GPs’ attitudes toward emergency medicine and call outs.
Magnus Hjortdahl, Peder Halvorsen, Mette Bech Risør   +2 more
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The MeSH heading “Call Center” is due for an update: why we recommend the more precise heading “Emergency Medical Communication Center”

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Call centers can be found in various industries. However as a Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) the term “Call centers” does not reflect the critical purpose of handling emergency calls.
Astrid K. V. Harring, Jesper Blinkenberg, Guttorm Brattebø, Magnus Hjortdahl, Siri Idland, Emil Iversen, Ann-Chatrin. L. Leonardsen, Erik Zakariassen, Trine M. Jørgensen   +8 more
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