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Identifying barriers for out of hospital emergency care in low and low-middle income countries: a systematic review

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Out-of-hospital emergency care (OHEC), also known as prehospital care, has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality from serious illness. We sought to summarize literature for low and low-middle income countries to identify barriers to and
Antony Gatebe Kironji, Peter Hodkinson, Sarah Stewart de Ramirez, Trisha Anest, Lee Wallis, Junaid Razzak, Alexander Jenson, Bhakti Hansoti   +7 more
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Clinical handover within the emergency care pathway and the potential risks of clinical handover failure (ECHO) : primary research [PDF]

, 2014
Background and objectives: Handover and communication failures are a recognised threat to patient safety. Handover in emergency care is a particularly vulnerable activity owing to the high-risk context and overcrowded conditions.
Chessum, Peter, Cooke, Matthew (Professor of clinical systems design), Cross, S. (Steve), Fitton, Larry, Horniblow, Simon, Inada-Kim, Matthew, Rudd, Michelle, Spurgeon, Peter, Sujan, Mark-Alexander   +8 more
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Ambulance service operational improvement [PDF]

, 2013
This document is the accepted manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Paramedic Practice copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the Publisher.
Alinier, Guillaume, Hutton, David
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Magnetic Textiles: A Review of Materials, Fabrication, Properties, and Applications

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Magnetic textiles (M‐textiles) are emerging as a programmable materials platform that merges magnetic matter with hierarchical textile structures. This article consolidates magnetic material classes, textile architectures, and fabrication and magnetization strategies, revealing structure–property–function relationships that govern magneto‐mechanical ...
Li Ke, Moses Kumi, Xiaoming Tao, Junhong Pu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resource allocation for AI-native healthcare systems in 6G dense networks using deep reinforcement learning

Digital Communications and Networks
Although 6G networks combined with artificial intelligence present revolutionary prospects for healthcare delivery, resource management in dense medical device networks stays a basic issue.
Jianhui Lv, Chien-Ming Chen, Saru Kumari, Keqin Li   +3 more
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“Calling for help: I need you to listen” - A qualitative study of callers’ experience of calls to the emergency medical communication centre

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background The Emergency Medical Communications Center (EMCC) is essential in emergencies and often represents the public’s first encounter with the healthcare system. Previous research has mainly focused on the dispatcher’s perspective. Therefore, there
Trine Berglie Spjeldnæs, Kristine A. Vik Nilsen, Lars Myrmel, Jan-Oddvar Sørnes, Guttorm Brattebø   +4 more
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A community-based ambulance model: lessons for emergency medical services and everyday health systems resilience from South Africa

Health Policy and Planning
Abstract The role of the emergency medical service (EMS) is changing globally as ambulance crews respond to a shifting burden of disease, as well as societal stressors such as violence and inequality. New ways of thinking about how to provide emergency care are required to shift EMS from a role primarily focused on clinical care and ...
Leanne Brady, Lucy Gilson, Asha George, Shaheem De Vries, Shakira Hartley   +4 more
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Vision‐Augmented Wearable Interfaces: Bioinspired Approaches for Realistic AI‐Human‐Machine Interaction

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee, Gwuidong Ryu, Kisoo Kim, Feng Xu, Won Gu Lee   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implementation of a referral and expert advice call Center for Maternal and Newborn Care in the resource constrained health system context of the Greater Accra region of Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021
Background Referral and clinical decision-making support are important for reducing delays in reaching and receiving appropriate and quality care. This paper presents analysis of the use of a pilot referral and decision making support call center for ...
Ebenezer Oduro-Mensah, Irene Akua Agyepong, Edith Frimpong, Marjolein Zweekhorst, Linda Amarkai Vanotoo   +4 more
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The competences of command cadre of the airport fire service on the example of safety assurance of Warsaw Okęcie Airport [PDF]

, 2012
The globalization process in almost all spheres of our life causes a possibility of making equal living standards in all countries of the world.
Jesionek, Anna Maria
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