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Trauma-related dispatch criteria for Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in Europe [PDF]

, 2010
Introduction: Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are used worldwide in order to provide potentially life-saving pre-hospital medical support to trauma patients at the accident scene. It is currently unclear how much overlap exists regarding the
Wigman, L.D., Patka, P., Wigman, L.D. (Laura), Patka, P. (Peter), Schipper, I.B. (Inger), Schipper, I.B., Ronde, G. de, Lieshout, E.M.M. (Esther) van, Lieshout, E.M.M. van, Ronde, G. (Gijs) de, Patka, Petr, de Ronde, G (Gijs), Schipper, IB, Van Lieshout, Esther M.M.; id_orcid, Van Lieshout, Esther M.M., Wigman, LD (Laura)   +15 more
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Patient characteristics and dispatch responses of urinary tract infections in a prehospital setting in Copenhagen, Denmark: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Primary Care, 2022
Background Urinary tract infection (UTI) is particularly common in young women and the elderly. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Copenhagen, Denmark can be reached by calling either of two dedicated telephone lines: 1–1-2 in case of an emergency ...
Jeske Verhoeven, Helle Collatz Christensen, Stig Nikolaj Blomberg, Simone Böbel, Mirjam Scholz, Thomas Krafft   +5 more
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Stress and salivary cortisol in emergency medical dispatchers: A randomized shifts control trial.

PLoS ONE, 2017
Stress at work is a public health concern. Phone operators in emergency medical dispatch centers are particularly at risk. We aimed to demonstrate that the most stressful time for emergency medical dispatchers is the shift when they receive emergency ...
Sarah Bedini, François Braun, Laurence Weibel, Michel Aussedat, Bruno Pereira, Frédéric Dutheil   +5 more
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Nine golden codes: improving the accuracy of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch—a retrospective, multi-organisational study in the East of England

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are a limited and expensive resource, and should be intelligently tasked. HEMS dispatch was identified as a key research priority in 2011, with a call to identify a ‘general set of criteria with the
Christopher T. Edmunds, Kate Lachowycz, Sarah McLachlan, Andrew Downes, Andrew Smith, Rob Major, Edward B. G. Barnard   +6 more
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Dispatch guideline adherence and response interval—a study of emergency medical calls in Norway [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The Emergency Medical Communication Centre (EMCC) operators in Norway report using the Norwegian Index for Medical Emergency Assistance (Index), a criteria-based dispatch guideline, in about 75 % of medical emergency calls.
Steinar Hunskaar, Eirin Ellensen (3553895), Torben Wisborg, Hunskaar, Steinar, Torben Wisborg (3553892), Erik Zakariassen, Ellensen, Eirin Nybø, Erik Zakariassen (3553889), Eirin N. Ellensen, Wisborg, Torben, Zakariassen, Erik, Steinar Hunskaar (20141)   +11 more
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Undergraduate medical education in emergency medical care : a nationwide survey at German medical schools [PDF]

, 2009
Background Since June 2002, revised regulations in Germany have required "Emergency Medical Care" as an interdisciplinary subject, and state that emergency treatment should be of increasing importance within the curriculum. A survey of the current status
Müller, Michael P., Angstwurm, Matthias, Beckers, Stefan, Timmermann, Arnd, Beckers, Stefan K., Walcher, Felix   +5 more
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Diagnosis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by emergency medical dispatch : A diagnostic systematic review [PDF]

, 2021
Introduction: Cardiac arrest is a time-sensitive condition requiring urgent intervention. Prompt and accurate recognition of cardiac arrest by emergency medical dispatchers at the time of the emergency call is a critical early step in cardiac arrest ...
Olasveengen, Theresa, Kudenchuk, Peter, Couper, Keith, Pediatric Life Support PLS, Schexnayder, Stephen M., Castren, Maaret, Hatanaka, Tetsuo, Basic Life Support BLS, Pellegrino, Jeffrey, Geri, Guillaume, Drennan, Ian R., Brooks, Steve, Morley, Peter   +12 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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17 Accuracy in emergency medical dispatch [PDF]

Abstracts, 2017
Aim To compare the accuracy in priority level between two Swedish dispatching protocols – Medical Index, the criteria based protocol currently in use, and the newly developed Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System – Alarm (RETTS-A). Methods A randomised controlled non blinded simulation study was performed at the EMCC in Stockholm, Sweden ...
K Torlén, L Kurland, M Castrén, K Olanders, K Bohm   +4 more
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Science of Emergency Medical Dispatch [PDF]

Circulation, 2009
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOH-CA) claims the lives of almost 300 000 Americans each year,1 a loss of life equivalent to that caused by a September 11 World Trade Center attack on the United States every 3 days! Despite advances in public education on recognition of cardiac arrest, early notification of emergency medical services (EMS) 9-1-1 ...
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