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A Vision on Intelligent Medical Service for Emergency on 5G and 6G Communication Era [PDF]

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things, 2020
Emergency service is the most important research field for welfare of human kind. Some examples are ambulances and fire control truck. However, these conventional emergency services are not equipped with appropriate equipment to provide high QoS.
Sabuzima Nayak, Ripon Patgiri
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Understanding quality systems in the South African prehospital emergency medical services: a multiple exploratory case study

BMJ Open Quality, 2020
Introduction In South Africa (SA), prehospital emergency care is delivered by emergency medical services (EMS) across the country. Within these services, quality systems are in their infancy, and issues regarding transparency, reliability and contextual ...
Maaret Castrén, Veronica Lindström, Peter Cameron, Ian Howard   +3 more
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Requirement Analysis and Implementation of Smart Emergency Medical Services

IEEE Access, 2018
Emergency medical service (EMS) occurs in a high-pressure and error-prone environment, where paramedics must provide prompt decisions in care while recording information with limited time, incomplete data, restricted resources, and competing priorities ...
Eunjeong Park, Ji Hoon Kim, Hyo Suk Nam, Hyuk-Jae Chang   +3 more
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The competency requirements for emergency medical services call takers and dispatchers - a scoping review [PDF]

African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction: : An effective Emergency Medical Service (EMS) depends on a well-functioning Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD), which influences response times, resource allocation, and patient outcomes.
Wynand Van Der Net, Andrew Makkink, Peter Hodkinson, Willem Stassen   +3 more
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Oslo government district bombing and Utøya island shooting July 22, 2011: The immediate prehospital emergency medical service response

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2012
Background On July 22, 2011, a single perpetrator killed 77 people in a car bomb attack and a shooting spree incident in Norway. This article describes the emergency medical service (EMS) response elicited by the two incidents.
Sollid Stephen JM, Rimstad Rune, Rehn Marius, Nakstad Anders R, Tomlinson Ann-Elin, Strand Terje, Heimdal Hans, Nilsen Jan, Sandberg Mårten   +8 more
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Managing Local Health System Interdependencies: Referral and Outreach Systems for Maternal and Newborn Health in Three South African Districts

Systems, 2023
In complex health systems, referral and outreach systems (ROS) are formal strategies for connecting and managing interdependencies between facilities in service delivery pathways.
Helen Schneider, Solange Mianda, Willem Odendaal, Terusha Chetty   +3 more
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Health impact assessment of decentralization of Emergency Medical Services: a case study in Chonburi Province, Thailand [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The decentralization of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to local administrative organizations is a critical policy initiative in Thailand aimed at enhancing service responsiveness and community participation.
Patchana Hengboriboonpong Jaidee, Atchara Bundittayanurak, Ratruji Jindasawat, Siriporn Wongdontree, Sunisa Sangjun, Pichitra Patipat, Manachai Yingklang   +6 more
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Analysis of factors affecting organizational engagement between pre-hospital and hospital emergency departments: a qualitative study [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Introduction The provision of efficient and integrated emergency services constitutes a vital cornerstone for reducing mortality rates and improving clinical outcomes for patients and casualties within complex healthcare systems.
Najmeh Baghian, Mohammad Sadegh Abolhasani, Somayeh Bagheri, Ali Zare Horoki, Adel Eftekhari   +4 more
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Impact of two-level filtering organization on population’s accessibility to an emergency medical communication centre [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Emergency Medical Communication Centres (EMCCs) play a critical role in the timely coordination of out-of-hospital emergency responses.
Lydie Uro, Yann Penverne, Henri Delelis-Fanien, Louis Soulat, Joel Jenvrin, Paul-Georges Reuter   +5 more
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Consensus-based research priorities for post-collision care in the Western Cape province of South Africa [PDF]

African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Road traffic injuries constitute a significant global health burden, causing 1.3 million deaths and 50 million injuries annually, with 92 % of fatalities occurring in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Naseef Abdullah, Tim Nutbeam, Colleen J. Saunders, Craig Wylie, Nigel Lang, Willem Stassen   +5 more
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