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Ventilator use by emergency medical services during 911 calls in the United States [PDF]
Background: Emergency and transport ventilators use in the prehospital field is not well described. This study examines trends of ventilator use by EMS agencies during 911 calls in the United States and identifies factors associated with this use ...
Mazen El Sayed +7 more
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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on trauma-related emergency medical service calls : a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects on the utilization of health care services, including Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Social distancing measures taken to prevent the spread of the disease have greatly affected the functioning ...
Azbel, Michael +7 more
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This article compares and contrasts two novels and video games where the participation of teenage characters who battle against mental illnesses becomes fundamental to support the narrative of the text. The objective is to analyze the representation of clinical depression in Vizzini’s It’s Kind of a Funny Story, the depiction of obsessive-compulsive ...
Juan Carlos Saravia Vargas +3 more
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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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Telephone triage of cardiac emergency calls by dispatchers: a prospective study of 1386 emergency calls. [PDF]
To evaluate the handling of potential cardiac emergency calls by dispatchers, to determine their final diagnosis and urgency, and to determine the value of the main complaint in predicting urgency and the ability of the dispatchers to recognise non-urgent conditions.Prospective data collection and recording of main complaint of emergency calls placed ...
Sramek, M., Post, W.M., Koster, R.W.
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Aims Telemedical emergency services for heart failure (HF) patients are usually provided during business hours. However, many emergencies occur outside of business hours.
Sebastian Winkler +6 more
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to greatly improve the delivery of healthcare and other services that advance population health and wellbeing. However, the use of AI in healthcare also brings potential risks that may cause unintended harm.
R. Zicari +39 more
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Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1) trial protocol. Computerised on-scene decision support for emergency ambulance staff to assess and plan care for older people who have fallen: evaluation of costs and benefits using a pragmatic cluster randomised trial [PDF]
Background: Many emergency ambulance calls are for older people who have fallen. As half of them are left at home, a community-based response may often be more appropriate than hospital attendance.
Russell Ian +92 more
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The Epidemiology of Emergency Calls in a Tertiary Emergency Department for Admitted Patients: A TECOR Study. [PDF]
Emergency calls, including medical emergency team and code blue calls, aim to respond to and assess patients at an earlier stage of clinical deterioration (to potentially avoid cardiac arrest and death).
Tran V +4 more
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Objectives During periods such as the COVID-19 crisis, there is a need for responsive public health surveillance indicators in order to monitor both the epidemic growth and potential public health consequences of preventative measures such as lockdown ...
Cédric Gil-jardiné +8 more
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