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Ubiquitous Emergency Medical Service System Based on Wireless Biosensors, Traffic Information, and Wireless Communication Technologies: Development and Evaluation [PDF]

Sensors, 2017
This study presents a new ubiquitous emergency medical service system (UEMS) that consists of a ubiquitous tele-diagnosis interface and a traffic guiding subsystem. The UEMS addresses unresolved issues of emergency medical services by managing the sensor wires for eliminating inconvenience for both patients and paramedics in an ambulance, providing ...
Tan-Hsu Tan, Munkhjargal Gochoo, Yung-Fu Chen, Jin-Jia Hu, John Y. Chiang, Ching-Su Chang, Ming-Huei Lee, Yung-Nian Hsu, Jiin-Chyr Hsu   +8 more
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Introducing an on-site Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) physician at the Emergency Medical Communication Centre - implications for dispatch precision at a Norwegian HEMS base

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Dispatch precision of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) is a key topic in prehospital research. In Norway, the combined role of the HEMS physician on-call and the Emergency Medical Communication Centre (EMCC) physician has been ...
Ole Erik Ulvin, Oddvar Uleberg, Andreas Asheim, Helge Haugland   +3 more
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Implementation of a novel communication system for emergency medical services to improve transport in underserved areas of South Korea

Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction Ambulance offload delays in South Korea have worsened since the coronavirus disease pandemic, further aggravated by recent healthcare workforce conflicts and hospital capacity shortages.
Eui‐Jae Kim, Sang‐Chul Kim, So‐Yeon Kong, Young‐Min Kim, Gwan‐Jin Park, Hyun‐Seok Chai, Hoon Kim   +6 more
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Technological Strategies for the Patient Experience in Emergency Departments: Scoping Review [PDF]

JMIR Medical Informatics
BackgroundTechnology has improved patient care in hospitals, enhancing the overall patient experience. However, digitalization raises questions on effectively integrating technological strategies to ensure assertive communication of information during ...
Andrés Santiago Santafé, Juan Manuel Aranda, Wilmer Jair Beltrán, William Javier Guerrero, Maryory Guevara Lozano, Ingrid Xiomara Bustos   +5 more
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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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Public awareness of emergency medical services phone number

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background: Activating the emergency medical services (EMS) system in case of medical emergencies must be quick and precise. This study was designed to measure public awareness of Riyadh's EMS phone number.
Abdullah A. Alabdali, Abdulrahman A. Alfraidi, Abdullah A. Almuhanna, Abdulwahab S. Alhamdan, Anas O. Alharbi, Ahmad A. Alshaqha, Omar S.Aldibasi   +6 more
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Barriers and requirements in the off-line emergency medical protocols implementation in Iranian Pre-hospital system: A qualitative study

Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021
BACKGROUND: To avoid making decisions based on the unproven opinions of emergency medical technicians (EMTs), many emergency medical service (EMS) systems rely on emergency medical protocols.
Meysam Safi-Keykaleh, Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh, Zohreh Ghomian, Saeideh Nateghinia, Hamid Safarpour, Reza Mohammadi   +5 more
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The effects of an emergency department length-of-stay management system on severely ill patients’ treatment outcomes

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Purpose This study aimed to compare the length of stay (LOS) and treatment outcomes based on the application and achievement of a newly developed emergency department (ED) LOS management system for severely ill patients. Methods Data were retrospectively
Young Eun Kim, Hyang Yuol Lee
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Validity of assistant technology for effective communication in emergency services [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to build and validate technology for communication among nurses in transition of care between pre-hospital services and emergency care through a committee of experts.
Thayse Mota Alves, Betânia da Mata Ribeiro Gomes, Marisa Aparecida Amaro Malvestio, Simone Maria Muniz da Silva Bezerra, Josivan Soares Alves Júnior, Marina Gomes Costa, Débora Regina Alves Raposo, Cosme Michael Santos Farias   +7 more
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Application of Telemedicine System to Prehospital Medical Control [PDF]

Healthcare Informatics Research, 2015
ObjectivesAlthough ambulance-based telemedicine has been reported to be safe and feasible, its clinical usefulness has not been well documented, and different prehospital management systems would yield different results.
Suck Ju Cho, In Ho Kwon, Jinwoo Jeong
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