Emergency medical services preparedness in mass casualty incidents: A qualitative study
Health Science Reports, 2023 Background and Aims The effective response of emergency medical services in mass casualty incidents (MCIs) calls for sufficient preparation. The components of preparation must be determined first to achieve this goal.
Vahid Saadatmand +4 more
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Public use of external defibrillator in Hangzhou of China
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Background: Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is one of the causes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The increase in survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is closely related to early detection and shortening the first defibrillation time. The
Jin Xiao Sheng +3 more
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The Emergency Medical System in Albania
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2019 Territorial Emergency Service is part of NEMS. It belongs to the only telephone number 127 (112) and it is free of charge. It represents the guarantee of medical emergency service provided by law 147/2014 (For Emergency Medical Service) and with the ...
Skënder Brataj, Agron Dogjani
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Development of a Drone-Supported Emergency Medical Service
International Journal of Technology, 2020 There is a scientific consensus that the delivery of prompt emergency medical services (EMSs) guarantees a higher survival rate. An EMS is generally able to respond to 90% of higher priority calls in less than 9 minutes, with the best chance of ...
Maria Elena Nenni +3 more
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Training emergency services’ dispatchers to recognise stroke: an interrupted time-series analysis [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Stroke is a time-dependent medical emergency in which early presentation to specialist care reduces death and dependency. Up to 70% of all stroke patients obtain first medical contact from the Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
A Berglund +22 more
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Emergency medical dispatch recognition, clinical intervention and outcome of patients in traumatic cardiac arrest from major trauma : an observational study [PDF]
, 2018 © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe the demographics of reported traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA ...
de Coverly, Richard +4 more
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The Danish prehospital emergency healthcare system and research possibilities
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019 The emergency medical healthcare system outside hospital varies greatly across the globe - even within the western world. Within the last ten years, the demand for emergency medical service systems has increased, and the Danish emergency medical service ...
Tim Alex Lindskou +8 more
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The impact of a new regional air ambulance service on a large general hospital [PDF]
, 2006 Background: Helicopter air ambulance crews are influenced in their selection of the destination hospital for their patients by several factors including: distance from the scene; facilities, on site specialties, and senior cover of the receiving hospital;
Bleetman, A., Currie, A., Jenkinson, E.
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Understanding Health Plan Types: What\u27s in a Name? [PDF]
, 2015 Every year, many employers conduct an open season to let employees select or change their medical plans. Several factors may affect their selection, including choice of care provider and shared cost.
Briscoe, Bonita
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The impact of neighborhood deprivation on patients' unscheduled out-of-hours healthcare seeking behavior: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2013 Background: The use of unscheduled out of hours medical care is related to the social status of the patient. However, the social variance in the patient's preference for a hospital based versus a primary care based facility, and the impact of specific ...
Buylaert, Walter +5 more
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