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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 +5 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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Situation awareness in emergency medical dispatch [PDF]
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2004 Situation awareness, and how systems can be designed to support it appropriately, have been a focus of study in dynamic, safety critical contexts such as aviation. The work reported here extends the study of situation awareness into the domain of emergency medical dispatch (EMD).
Blandford, A, Wong, BLW
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Barnes Hospital Bulletin [PDF]
, 1985 https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/bjc_barnes_bulletin/1233/thumbnail ...
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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 +5 more
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Ambulance service operational improvement [PDF]
, 2013 This document is the accepted manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Paramedic Practice copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the Publisher.
Alinier, Guillaume, Hutton, David
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Computer assisted assessment and advice for "non-serious" 999 ambulance service callers : the potential impact on ambulance despatch [PDF]
, 2003 Objective: To investigate the potential impact for ambulance services of telephone assessment and triage for callers who present with non-serious problems (Category C calls) as classified by ambulance service call takers.
Crouch, R. +9 more
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Presence of a pre-hospital enhanced care team reduces on scene time and improves triage compliance for stab trauma [PDF]
, 2019 © The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in ...
Aldred, Duncan +8 more
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Nationwide Survey of Atopic Myelitis and Plexin D1‐Immunoglobulin G‐Related Pain
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To elucidate the features of plexin D1‐immunoglobulin (Ig)G‐associated neuropathic pain and its relationship to atopic myelitis (AM) in a nationwide Japanese survey. Methods A preliminary survey questionnaire was sent to 1574 selected departments (neurology and pediatrics/pediatric neurology) to explore the numbers of AM and plexin ...
Jun‐ichi Kira +10 more
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African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015 Emergency medical dispatch (EMD) systems are a crucial component of effective Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems. They provide a means of public access to emergency care information and out-of-hospital emergency care resources and expertise.
Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman +9 more
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