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Emergency medical services in Zimbabwe

Resuscitation, 2005
Emergency medical services in Zimbabwe are of a very variable standard, and exist in many forms: *Reasonably well-developed urban emergency medical services systems mixed with very poorly resourced and under-developed rural services. *Very high patient workloads, with severely ill medical patients and a large proportion of major trauma and multiple ...
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The Emergency Medical Service and the Future

BMJ, 1941
The threatening clouds disappeared and we for a time relaxed, but the memory of those days had left a bitter taste in the mouth, and the medical profession stirred uneasily at the thought of what might have been, and what perhaps was to come. As the months passed no signs could be seen of any attempt to deal with the casualty problem on the part of ...
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Teamwork in emergency medical services

Air Medical Journal, 1999
Emergency medical care is delivered by highly trained and motivated individuals working in groups. In some cases, these groups function as teams, but their teamwork has been poorly studied and rarely is the result of focused training. Medical outcome traditionally is described using patient parameters and often is related to the economics of care ...
K A, Williams, W D, Rose, R, Simon
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Where will the next emergency event occur? Predicting ambulance demand in emergency medical services using artificial intelligence

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2019
Predicting demand in emergency medical services is crucial for saving people's lives. Most studies aggregate demand prediction within a zone, failing to offer insights at a more detailed level.
George Grekousis, Ye Liu
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Emergency Medical Services Utilization by Homeless Patients

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2020
Background Homelessness is a rapidly growing issue throughout the United States and has important public health implications. Los Angeles, like other large urban cities, has seen a recent increase in homelessness. However, little is known about emergency
T. Abramson, S. Sanko, M. Eckstein
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Emergency Medical Services

Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines & Policies, 2017
EMS 101 Fundamentals Of Emergency Medical Services 4 EMS 301 Preparatory 5 EMS 403 Patient Assessment 3 EMS 406 Airway, Ventilation and Respiratory Emergencies 3 EMS 407 Trauma 4 EMS 411 Special Patient Populations 3 EMS 412 Cardiology 5 EMS 413 ...
Mike Miller
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Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Challenges in Disaster; a Qualitative Study

Emergency, 2018
Introduction: Prehospital Emergency Medical Care (EMC) is a critical service in disaster management. The aim of this study was to explore the challenges of prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) during disaster response in Iran.
Mohamad Sorani, S. Tourani, H. Khankeh, Sirous Panahi   +3 more
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Privatization and Emergency Medical Services

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 1997
AbstractIntroduction:Osborne and Gaebler's Reinventing Government has sparked discussion amongst elected officials, civil servants, the media, and the general public regarding advantages of privatizing government services. Its support stems from an effort to provide services to municipalities while reducing taxpayer expenditure. Many echo the sentiment
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Emergency medical services preparedness for pediatric emergencies

Pediatric Emergency Care, 1993
The study objective was to examine emergency medical services (EMS) equipment and training preparedness for pediatric emergencies in Oklahoma. The participants were 202 administrators of licensed EMS agencies in the state of Oklahoma. A mailed questionnaire was used to obtain data from EMS agencies regarding emergency ambulance run characteristics ...
C J, Graham, J, Stuemky, T A, Lera
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Integration of Telemedicine into Emergency Medical Services

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2002
We developed an integrated model of telemedicine services in emergency medical care. The architecture was designed to support pre-hospital management. The experimental work was carried out with the collaboration of the emergency medical services (EMS) in Madrid.
M F, Cabrera, M T, Arredondo, J, Quiroga
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