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An Analytical Review of Reckless Driving in Ghana: Causes, Consequences and Regulatory Responses

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2026.
Reckless driving in Ghana is driven by behavioural norms, economic pressures, weak enforcement and infrastructural deficits. Integrating the theory of planned behaviour and the safe systems approach, this review shows how coordinated reforms, speed management, safer infrastructure, licensing modernization and institutional strengthening can reduce ...
Sylvester Kyei‐Gyamfi, Frank Kyei‐Arthur, Marian Kpakpah, Joseph Kwatsenu, Kelvin Aduful, Godwin A. Kubi, Vida Owusua Mensah, Joha Issaka Braimah, Maame Adwoa Nyame Sam, Gloria Ayorkor Charway   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mindset Over Mayhem: Integrating Cognitive Readiness and Naturalistic Decision Making Into the CSCATTT Framework for Crisis Management

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Major incidents (MIs) represent critical contingency failures that expose deep, systemic vulnerabilities within the inter‐organizational crisis management ecosystem. These weaknesses transcend mere logistical shortcomings, revealing a profound inability to manage the inherent “wicked” nature of complex, uncertain crises.
Amir Khorram‐Manesh
wiley   +1 more source

Video livestreaming from medical emergency callers’ smartphones to emergency medical dispatch centres: a scoping review of current uses, opportunities, and challenges

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Timely dispatch of appropriate emergency medical services (EMS) resources to the scene of medical incidents, and/or provision of treatment at the scene by bystanders and medical emergency lay callers (referred to as ‘callers’ in this review ...
Carin Magnusson, Lucie Ollis, Scott Munro, Jill Maben, Anthony Coe, Oliver Fitzgerald, Cath Taylor   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Live video footage from scene to aid helicopter emergency medical service dispatch: a feasibility study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Obtaining accurate information from a 112 caller is key to correct tasking of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS). Being able to view the incident scene via video from a mobile phone may assist HEMS dispatch by providing more accurate
E. ter Avest, E. Lambert, R. de Coverly, H. Tucker, J. Griggs, M. H. Wilson, A. Ghorbangholi, J. Williams, R. M. Lyon   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Coercion or Persuasion in Prehospital Treatment in the Region of Southern Denmark: A Retrospective Study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Volume 70, Issue 8, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The use of coercion or persuasion raises ethical challenges but may be justified when prehospital patients require immediate treatment and are unable to consent. This study aims to describe the characteristics of coerced or persuaded adult pre‐hospital patients in the Region of Southern Denmark.
Sif Højmark Vobbe, Henriette Bruun, Anne Craveiro Brøchner, Annmarie T. Lassen, Tim Alex Lindskou, Torben Anders Kløjgård, Signe Wegmann Düring, Søren Mikkelsen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real-time feedback, debriefing, and retraining system of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: a study protocol for a cluster parallel-group randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2018
Background The quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performed by emergency medical services (EMS) personnel affects patient outcomes after cardiac arrest.
Akihiro Hirakawa, Toshihiro Hatakeyama, Daisuke Kobayashi, Chika Nishiyama, Akiko Kada, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Takashi Kawamura, Taku Iwami   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ambulance Responses to Falls Incidents in Queensland Residential Aged Care Facilities: Implications for Policy and Practice

Australasian Journal on Ageing, Volume 45, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective Ambulance services are increasingly relied upon to provide a vital emergency point‐of‐care health service to adults who fall while living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs). This study examined patterns of ambulance attendance to falls‐related cases among people aged 65 years and over living in RACFs. Methods We conducted an
Alexis Hughes, Florin Oprescu, Prudence Millear, Wendy Kinton, Kerrianne Watt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emergency Medical Dispatch [PDF]

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2008
openaire   +3 more sources

Telephone CPR: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2020
Hidetada Fukushima,1 Francesco Bolstad2 1Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara City, Nara, Japan; 2Department of Clinical English, Nara Medical University, Kashihara City, Nara, JapanCorrespondence ...
Fukushima H, Bolstad F
doaj  

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
doaj   +1 more source