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Emergency medical dispatchers’ experiences of managing emergency calls: a qualitative interview study

BMJ Open, 2022
ObjectivesTo explore the emergency medical dispatchers (EMDs) experiences of managing emergency medical calls.DesignA qualitative interview study with an inductive approach. EMDs were interviewed individually using a semistructured interview guide.
Klara Torlén Wennlund, Lisa Kurland, Knut Olanders, Amanda Khoshegir, Hussein Al Kamil, Maaret Castrén, Katarina Bohm   +6 more
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Observational Study of Tocilizumab in Children With Febrile Infection‐Related Epilepsy Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of using tocilizumab in children with febrile infection‐related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) and explore tocilizumab‐related changes in interleukin (IL)‐6 levels. Methods Patients with FIRES admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Beijing Children's Hospital were retrospectively ...
Yushan He, Jie Wu, Chaonan Fan, Zheng Li, Jun Liu, Kechun Li, Quan Wang, Suyun Qian   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lausanne medical dispatch centre’s response to COVID-19

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis is an unprecedented event. It is therefore essential for dispatch centres to share their experiences while the crisis is underway, similar to hospitals, so that we will all benefit from feedback.
Fabrice Dami, Vincent Berthoz
doaj   +1 more source

Urban–suburb disparities in pre-hospital emergency medical resources and response time among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A mixed-method cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
AimTo investigate (1) the association between pre-hospital emergency medical resources and pre-hospital emergency medical system (EMS) response time among patients with Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA); (2) whether the association differs between ...
Yinzi Jin, Yinzi Jin, Hui Chen, Hongxia Ge, Siwen Li, Siwen Li, Jinjun Zhang, Qingbian Ma   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐Term Temporal Profile of Motor Recovery After Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Limited data is available to describe the temporal profile of long‐term recovery over 1 year after the stroke in patients with spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Methods A registered multicentral cohort was conducted to consecutively include non‐herniated supratentorial ICH patients from November 2013 to January 2023 ...
Yan Zheng, Fu‐Xin Lin, Ling‐Yun Zhuo, Jian‐Cai Chen, Xin Ge, Xiang‐Lin Chen, Xue‐Jiao Wang, Zhi‐Gang Yao, You‐Liang Tong, Bo Xie, Bai‐Hai Guo, Zhao‐Sheng Sun, Zhi‐Hua Tian, Ping Qiu, Xin‐Ru Lin, Qiu He, Shu‐Na Huang, Ke Ma, Fang‐Yu Wang, Huang‐Cheng Shang‐Guan, Wen‐Hua Fang, Deng‐Liang Wang, Ying Fu, Yuan‐Xiang Lin, De‐Zhi Kang   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

The number and level of first-contact emergency medical services crew and clinical outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with dual dispatch response

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the association between the number and level of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in the first-contact emergency medical services (EMS) unit and the clinical outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) with
Young Su Kim, Ki Hong Kim, K. Song, S. Shin, J. Park   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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, Cowley, Alan, Crabb, Richard, Crouch, Paul, Durham, Mark, Heywood, Adam, Lyon, Richard, McBride, Andy, Williams, Julia   +8 more
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Association of the ICH Score With Withdrawal of Life‐Sustaining Treatment Over a 10‐Year Period

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) score was developed to enhance provider communication and facilitate early severity assessment. We examined the association of the ICH score with mortality and withdrawal of life‐sustaining treatment (WLST) in a large, multicenter stroke registry, and evaluated temporal trends in these associations.
Nina Massad, Lili Zhou, Brian Manolovitz, Negar Asdaghi, Hannah Gardener, Hao Ying, Carolina M. Gutierrez, Angus Jameson, David Rose, Mohan Kottapally, Amedeo Merenda, Kristine O'Phelan, Sebastian Koch, Jose G. Romano, Tatjana Rundek, Ayham Alkhachroum   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does the Norwegian emergency medical dispatch classification as non-urgent predict no need for pre-hospital medical treatment? An observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2016
BackgroundThe number of ambulance call-outs in Norway is increasing owing to societal changes and increased demand from the public. Together with improved but more expensive education of ambulance staff, this leads to increased costs and staffing ...
Eystein Grusd, J. Kramer-Johansen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Online Decision-Theoretic Pipeline for Responder Dispatch

, 2019
The problem of dispatching emergency responders to service traffic accidents, fire, distress calls and crimes plagues urban areas across the globe. While such problems have been extensively looked at, most approaches are offline.
Duchi John, Goldberg Andrew V, Kingma Diederik P, Mukhopadhyay Ayan, Robbins Herbert, Songchitruksa Praprut, Taoka George T., Zhang Chao   +7 more
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