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Criteria codes for unrecognized stroke/TIA patients by Emergency Medical Services dispatchers in Copenhagen, Denmark [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Early diagnosis is essential in stroke treatment. Medical dispatchers play a key role in ensuring quick assessment, transport, and treatment of stroke patients by recognizing stroke symptoms.
Philip Busch Andreasen, Jonathan Wenstrup, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Christina Kruuse, Helle Collatz Christensen   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres - a mixed method study. [PDF]

BMC Emerg Med
Holmström IK, Blomberg H, Winblad U, Spangler D.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Proposing A Key Performance Indicator For Security Response Time Within A Healthcare Facility

The Journal of Medicine, Law & Public Health, 2023
INTRODUCTION The safety of patients and property in healthcare settings is directly influenced by security response time, yet this critical aspect is often overlooked.
Ghaida Almahawes, Anas AlToijry, Rawan Alboqami , Saud Alnahdi , Bandr Mzahim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
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
doaj   +1 more source

Validity of helicopter emergency medical services dispatch criteria for traumatic injuries: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2009
Objective. This review provides an overview of the validity of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch criteria for severely injured patients. Methods. A systematic literature search was performed.
Lieshout, E.M.M. (Esther) van, Patka, P. (Peter), Ringburg, A.N. (Akkie), Ronde, G. (Gijs) de, Schipper, I.B. (Inger), Thomas, S. (Siep)   +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
doaj   +1 more source