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A distributed simulation methodology for large-scale hybrid modelling and simulation of emergency medical services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University LondonHealthcare systems are traditionally characterised by complexity and heterogeneity. With the continuous increase in size and shrinkage of available
Anagnostou, Anastasia
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Development of the organization of emergency medical care in Bulgaria - a challenge for the healthcare system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
In the early 1970s, medical emergencies became a political problem throughout Europe. However, the concept of medical emergencies has an older history, at the intersection of the history of medical techniques, patient treatment and social perception of ...
Katrandzhiev, Iliya; Medical University of Varna   +1 more
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Impact of Community Socioeconomic Characteristics on Emergency Medical Service Delays in Responding to Fatal Vehicle Crashes

open access: yesAJPM Focus, 2023
Introduction: This study aimed to determine the impact of community socioeconomic status on emergency medical services’ response time for fatal vehicle crashes.
Sachi Verma, B.Tech-M.Tech, CPH, MPH   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rendezvous between ambulances and prehospital physicians in the Capital Region of Denmark: a descriptive study

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background In a two-tier Emergency Medical Services response system with ambulances and physician-staffed rapid response vehicles, both units are ideally dispatched simultaneously when a physician is needed.
Roselil Oelrich   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Connect dispatch centers for call handling improves performance

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
The aim of this Letter to the Editor was to report a strategy to reduce time waiting for emergency calls in a dispatch center, in line with a recently published article that reviewed evidence for medical dispatching systems to accurately dispatch ...
Yann Penverne   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Emergency Medical Service Microbiome [PDF]

open access: yesApplied and Environmental Microbiology, 2018
ABSTRACT Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel are an integral component of the health care framework and function to transport patients from various locations to and between care facilities. In addition to physical injury, EMS personnel are expected to be at high risk to acquire and transmit health care-associated ...
Andrew J, Hudson   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Danish prehospital emergency healthcare system and research possibilities

open access: yesScandinavian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Association of Real‐Time Feedback and Cardiopulmonary‐Resuscitation Quality Delivered by Ambulance Personnel for Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background High‐quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is associated with improved survival from out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest and includes chest compression depth, chest compression rate, and chest compression fraction within international ...
Rasmus Meyer Lyngby   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2013
Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a common medical emergency with significant mortality and significant neurological morbidity. Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) may be tasked to OHCA.
Lyon Richard M, Nelson Magnus J
doaj   +1 more source

Electronic Prehospital Records are Often Unavailable for Emergency Department Medical Decision Making

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
Introduction: To determine emergency physician (EP) opinions of prehospital patient care reports (PCRs) and whether such reports are available at the time of emergency department (ED) medical decision-making.Methods: Prospective, cross-sectional ...
Bryan E Bledsoe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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