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A conversation analytical study of call openings in Emergency Medical Service calls where the patient is at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Resuscitation Plus
Background: The Chain of Survival identifies the importance of early recognition of patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Kim Kirby, Sarah Voss, Jonathan Benger, Rebecca K. Barnes   +3 more
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Pediatric Neuroradiology Pre-Call Primer

MedEdPORTAL, 2015
Introduction Pediatric neuroimaging can provide a challenge to radiology residents during call due to the fact that it is infrequently encountered in many institutions.
Trevor Morrison, Gilbert Vezina, Nadja Kadom   +2 more
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Live video from bystanders’ smartphones to medical dispatchers in real emergencies

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Medical dispatchers have limited information to assess the appropriate emergency response when citizens call the emergency number. We explored whether live video from bystanders’ smartphones changed emergency response and was beneficial for ...
Gitte Linderoth, Freddy Lippert, Doris Østergaard, Annette K. Ersbøll, Christian S. Meyhoff, Fredrik Folke, Helle C. Christensen   +6 more
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Understanding the emergency medical service response to patients who are at imminent risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Paramedicine
Study Aim: To understand the survival and emergency medical service call triage and response to patients who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest after the emergency medical service call is connected.
Kim Kirby, Paul White, Sarah Voss, Jonathan Benger   +3 more
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Involvement in emergency situations by primary care doctors on-call in Norway - a prospective population-based observational study

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2010
Background Primary care doctors on-call in the emergency primary health care services in Norway are, together with the ambulances, the primary resources for handling emergencies outside hospitals.
Hunskaar Steinar, Zakariassen Erik
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La personne déclarée morte par l’appelant au service téléphonique d’urgence : une source de désalignement interactionnel

Communiquer, 2016
This article focuses on emergency calls. Drawing on research in the field of talk-in-interaction, it explores how reporting death often leads to communication difficulties between caller and call taker.
Marty Laforest, Jessica Rioux-Turcotte
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DYNAMIC AND ORGANISATIONAL SPECIFICS OF MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN’S POPULATION IN KAZAN PROVIDED BY AMBULANCE PEDIATRIC CREWS

Педиатрическая фармакология, 2010
The article provides analysis of the pediatric unit of the emergency call station in Kazan. Case-studied are 4,316 emergency calls over one month (April 2009).
L.Z. Shakirova, E.A. Samorodnova, M.A. Malova   +2 more
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The use of drone-delivered Automated External Defibrillators in the emergency response for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. A simulation study

Resuscitation Plus
Background: Drones are now being used to deliver Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Delays occur before (between emergency call and drone take-off) and after drone flight itself (related to bystander interaction ...
Christopher M. Smith, Carl Powell, Celia J. Bernstein, Harry Howe, Mark Holt, Mary O’Sullivan, Keith Couper, Nigel Rees   +7 more
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Emergency Call Failures in All-IP Mobile Networks: Evidence From Large-Scale Outages and Controlled Device Testing

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
The progressive decommissioning of second- and third-generation (2G/3G) mobile networks is changing how Emergency Calls are established and recovered during network failures.
Raymond Owen, Adam Bryant, Mahrokh Abdollahi, Majid Amiri, Raymond Halim   +4 more
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Public Safety Answering Point Models: A Scoping Review Protocol to Explore National and International Experiences [PDF]

Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly
As public safety answering points (PSAPs) have become the elementary contact point between clients and rescue service providers, the planning of the call center has become a key task for administrators.
Morteza Mortazavi, Babak Farzinnia, Ali Nasiri, Mehrdad Farrokhi, Mohammad Saatchi, Hamidreza Khankeh   +5 more
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