The Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Suicide-related Emergency Calls in a European City: Age and Gender Patterns, and Neighborhood Influences [PDF]
Psychosocial InterventionObjective: The aim of this study was to conduct a comprehensive spatio-temporal analysis of suicide-related emergency calls in the city of Valencia (Spain) over a six-year period.
Miriam Marco +6 more
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Cortical symptoms described in emergency calls for patients with suspected large vessel occlusion: a descriptive analysis of 157 emergency calls [PDF]
BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022 Background Emergency medical dispatchers typically use the dispatch code for suspected stroke when the caller brings up one or more symptoms from the face-arm-speech triad.
Pauli Vuorinen +6 more
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Medical dispatchers’ experience with live video during emergency calls: a national questionnaire study [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Telehealth has become increasingly essential in healthcare provision, also in the Prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS), where live video is implemented as a supplemental tool to assess and triage medical emergency calls.
Natascha H Bohnstedt-Pedersen +8 more
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Emergency medical dispatchers’ experiences of managing emergency calls: a qualitative interview study [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives To explore the emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs) experiences of managing emergency medical calls.Design A qualitative interview study with an inductive approach. EMDs were interviewed individually using a semistructured interview guide. The
Maaret Castrén +6 more
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A Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Stochastic Modeling Approach of Emergency Calls in an Urban Context
Mathematics, 2023 Emergency calls are defined by an ever-expanding utilisation of information and sensing technology, leading to extensive volumes of spatio-temporal high-resolution data.
David Payares-Garcia +2 more
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Increasing emergency number utilisation is not driven by low-acuity calls: an observational study of 1.5 million emergency calls (2018-2021) from Berlin. [PDF]
BMC Med, 2023 Background The Emergency Medical Service (EMS) in Germany is increasingly challenged by strongly rising demand. Speculations about a greater utilisation for minor cases have led to intensive media coverage, but empirical evidence is lacking.
Herr D +5 more
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The biospheric emergency calls for scientists to change tactics. [PDF]
Elife, 2022 Our current economic and political structures have an increasingly devastating impact on the Earth’s climate and ecosystems: we are facing a biospheric emergency, with catastrophic consequences for both humans and the natural world on which we depend ...
Racimo F +10 more
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From hearing to seeing: medical dispatchers' experience with use of video streaming in medical emergency calls - a qualitative study. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives Video streaming has recently been introduced as an additional tool for communication between medical dispatchers and caller. Research implies that video streaming may be a useful tool for the dispatchers, but more knowledge is needed.
Idland S +4 more
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A simulation based digital twin approach to assessing the organization of response to emergency calls. [PDF]
NPJ Digit MedIn emergency situations, timely contact with emergency medical communication centers (EMCCs) is critical for patient outcomes. Increasing call volumes and economic constraints are challenging many countries, necessitating organizational changes in EMCCs.
Penverne Y +12 more
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"They were sort of in the room with me": a qualitative study about callers' experience of video streaming during medical emergency calls. [PDF]
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg MedDuring the recent years, emergency services in several countries have integrated video streaming into medical emergency calls, and research on the topic has gained increased focus.
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