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Emergency Stroke Calls: Obtaining Rapid Telephone Triage (ESCORTT) – a programme of research to facilitate recognition of stroke by emergency medical dispatchers

Programme Grants for Applied Research, 2014
Background: Rapid access to emergency stroke care can reduce death and disability by enabling immediate provision of interventions such as thrombolysis, physiological monitoring and stabilisation.
Caroline L Watkins, Stephanie P Jones, Michael J Leathley, Gary A Ford, Tom Quinn, Joanna J McAdam, Josephine ME Gibson, Kevin C Mackway-Jones, Stuart Durham, David Britt, Sara Morris, Mark O’Donnell, Hedley CA Emsley, Shuja Punekar, Anil Sharma, Chris J Sutton   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
openaire   +1 more source

Swedish dispatchers’ compliance with the American Heart Association performance goals for dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation and its association with survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective study

Resuscitation Plus, 2022
Aim: We aimed 1) to investigate how Swedish dispatchers perform during emergency calls in accordance with the American Heart Association (AHA) goals for dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR), 2) calculate the potential impact on 30 ...
Fredrik Byrsell, Andreas Claesson, Martin Jonsson, Mattias Ringh, Leif Svensson, Per Nordberg, Sune Forsberg, Jacob Hollenberg, Anette Nord   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

EMERGENCIES IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL DISPATCHING IN POLAND. CHALLENGES IN THE COOPERATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TEAMS WITH MEDICAL DISPATCHERS

Archiv Euromedica
The article presents the organization of The State Emergency Medical System in Poland in terms of the operation of the medical dispensaries. Particular attention was paid to the cooperation of medical dispatch centers with Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) in the realities and circumstances of unexpected events.
Michał Borowczyk, Daniel Ślęzak, Kamil Krzyżanowski, Paulina Buca, Przemysław Żuratyński, Paweł Jastrzębski, Marcin Nowak   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

China's Low‐Carbon Energy Transition Over the Past Two Decades: Experiences and Implications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
China's low‐carbon energy transition features a brief decline and subsequent rebound in coal consumption, alongside the rapid expansion of renewable energy. This study develops a stage‐based analytical framework to explain this evolution from the perspectives of economic development, energy security, and environmental sustainability, revealing how ...
Yu Liu, Zhiyu Tian, Zhengxian Zhang, Xinbei Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Disparities in Case Volumes and Surgeon Distribution in Gastroenterological Surgery

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Regional disparities in surgical resources may influence the delivery and sustainability of gastroenterological surgery, particularly in countries experiencing rapid population aging and depopulation. Methods This nationwide cross‐sectional study used data from the Japanese National Clinical Database to examine temporal trends (2013–
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hiraku Kumamaru, Momoko Ara, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Hideko Yamauchi, Masafumi Inomata, Sadako Akashi‐Tanaka, Koji Ito, Shinji Itoh, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Kazumi Kawase, Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Yuki Kiyozumi, Shogo Kobayashi, Ikuko Shibasaki, Chiyoe Shirota, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Chie Takasu, Aoi Fujikawa, Saki Bessho, Kiyomi Horiuchi, Kosei Maemura, Ayako Maruo, Takuya Miura, Yuji Miyamoto, Toshiki Yajima, Ayuko Yasuda, Toshiharu Yamaguchi, Tadashi Iwanaka, Hideo Baba, Akinobu Taketomi   +30 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green Finance, Digitalization, and Banks' Sustainable Business Model Innovations Toward Net‐Zero Transitions

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial capital is widely recognized as having the potential to provide investments needed for net‐zero transitions. While recent empirical studies reveal that financial digitalization and fintech have changed Chinese banks' loan portfolios and business models, they stem from credit restrictions on heavily polluting enterprises and from ...
Akihisa Mori
wiley   +1 more source

“They were sort of in the room with me”: a qualitative study about callers’ experience of video streaming during medical emergency calls

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background During the recent years, emergency services in several countries have integrated video streaming into medical emergency calls, and research on the topic has gained increased focus.
Siri Idland, Kristin Häikiö, Jo Kramer-Johansen, Magnus Hjortdahl   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Medical Schools, Access to Physicians, and Health Outcomes: Evidence From Japan

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyse the impact of the construction of medical schools and associated university hospitals in Japan during the 1970s, which was primarily driven by ‘One Prefecture, One Medical School Policy’ (OPOMS). We find that the number of physicians increased significantly in prefectures where a medical school was built, and this effect persisted ...
Kisho Hoshi
wiley   +1 more source

Forecasting and Capacity Planning in Prehospital Emergency Medical Services: The Case of Ankara

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Time savings in prehospital emergency medical services are vital for human life. Ensuring that these services can meet potential demands is essential for successful delivery. This study aimed to forecast the demand for ambulance services within prehospital emergency medical services and to plan the capacity of ambulance stations ...
Elif Erbay, Çağdaş Erkan Akyürek
wiley   +1 more source