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Reduction of MERS-CoV Transmission among Healthcare Workers and Patients in Saudi Arabian Healthcare Settings: A Scoping Review

The Journal of Medicine, Law & Public Health, 2023
Background No review consolidating available evidence of the various interventions for preventing MERS-CoV transmission in healthcare settings has been published to inform practice.
Salem Al Ammi, Bandr Mzahim, Hisham Alomari, Bandar Almutairi, Abdulrahman Alzahrani   +4 more
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The organization of ambulance decontamination during the COVID-19 pandemic: a process analysis based on the Lean Thinking philosophy

Emergency Care Journal, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic led to massively increased emergency medical services (EMS) activity. The need to decontaminate emergency vehicles after conveying a suspected or confirmed patient to the hospital represented a critical step, slowing the activities ...
Guglielmo Imbriaco, Alfonso Flauto
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The “unclear problem” category: an analysis of its patient and dispatch characteristics and its trend over time

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background An effective emergency medical dispatch process is vital to provide appropriate prehospital care to patients. It increases patient safety and ensures the sustainable use of medical resources.
Sterre Otten, Cassandra Rehbock, Thomas Krafft, Martin Vang Haugaard, Eva Pilot, Stig Nikolaj Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen   +6 more
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Investigation of the Effect of Ergonomic Intervention on Medical Emergency Announce Time of Dispatch in Alborz [PDF]

Muhandisī-i bihdāsht-i ḥirfah/ī, 2019
Background and Objective: Effective communication is an important factor in pre-hospital care. The emergency medical communication and dispatch center is one of the most stressful work environments in the healthcare domain so that it is essential to ...
Ali Taherinia, Yazdan MohsenZadeh, Seyed Akbar Mousavi Ghasemi, Jamshid Rahimi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Connect dispatch centers for call handling improves performance

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
The aim of this Letter to the Editor was to report a strategy to reduce time waiting for emergency calls in a dispatch center, in line with a recently published article that reviewed evidence for medical dispatching systems to accurately dispatch ...
Yann Penverne, Michel Terré, François Javaudin, Joël Jenvrin, Frédéric Berthier, Julien Labady, Brice Leclere, Emmanuel Montassier   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using trigger tools to identify triage errors by ambulance dispatch nurses in Sweden: an observational study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives This study aimed to assess whether trigger tools were useful identifying triage errors among patients referred to non-emergency care by emergency medical dispatch nurses, and to describe the characteristics of these patients.Design An ...
Ulrika Winblad, Douglas Spangler, Lennart Edmark, Jessica Colldén-Benneck, Helena Borg, Hans Blomberg   +5 more
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Dispatch accuracy of physician-staffed emergency medical services in trauma care in south-east Norway: a retrospective observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Selection of incidents and accurate identification of patients that require assistance from physician-staffed emergency medical services (P-EMS) remain essential.
Martin Samdal, Kjetil Thorsen, Ola Græsli, Mårten Sandberg, Marius Rehn   +4 more
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Telephonic description of sepsis among callers to an emergency dispatch centre in South Africa

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Sepsis is an acute, life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated systemic response to infection. Early medical intervention such as antibiotics and fluid resuscitation can be life-saving.
Willem Stassen, PhD, Eric Larsson, Courtney Wood, Lisa Kurland   +3 more
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Emergency medical dispatcher training as a strategy to improve pre-hospital care in low- and middle-income countries: the case study of Nepal

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often face significant challenges related to providing effective pre-hospital care services. Barriers to providing care include lack of financial resources, poor road infrastructure, lack of trained ...
Claire L. Jacobson, Samjhana Basnet, Ajay Bhatt, Shreejesh Parajuli, Sanu Krishna Shrestha   +4 more
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Helicopter emergency medical service dispatch in older trauma: time to reconsider the trigger?

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) respond to serious trauma and medical emergencies. Geographical disparity and the regionalisation of trauma systems can complicate accurate HEMS dispatch.
J. E. Griggs, J. W. Barrett, E. ter Avest, R. de Coverly, M. Nelson, J. Williams, R. M. Lyon, on behalf of Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex   +7 more
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