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

Scandinavian 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
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Malpractice Risk Assessment in Emergency Medical Services: A Field Study [PDF]

Aim: This study examined the malpractice risks in emergency medical services as assessed by emergency medical workers. Materials and Methods: This methodological, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 447 emergency medical workers ...
Volkan Kılıç, Sedat Bostan
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Electronic Prehospital Records are Often Unavailable for Emergency Department Medical Decision Making

Western 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, Chad Wasden, Larry Johnson   +2 more
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The emergency medical services in Singapore [PDF]

Resuscitation, 2006
ingapore is a cosmopolitan city state at the crossoads of Asia. It is one of the smallest countries in he world with a land area of 697.1 km2, 193 km of oastline and a population of 4.185million.1 It is ery densely populated. Singapore has been indeendent from Malaya for 40 years. It is an urban, eveloped republic with a president and a parliaent.
openaire   +2 more sources

Tanzanian lessons in using non-physician clinicians to scale up comprehensive emergency obstetric care in remote and rural areas. [PDF]

, 2011
UNLABELLED\ud \ud ABSTRACT:\ud \ud BACKGROUND\ud \ud With 15-30% met need for comprehensive emergency obstetrical care (CEmOC) and a 3% caesarean section rate, Tanzania needs to expand the number of facilities providing these services in more remote ...
Senga K Pemba, Godfrey Mbaruku, Roosmalen, J. van, Jos van Roosmalen, Nyamtema, Angelo S, Rutasha, F.D., Pemba, S.K., van Roosmalen, J., Nyamtema, A.S., Rutasha, Fulgence D, Mbaruku, Godfrey, Angelo S Nyamtema, Mbaruku, G., van Roosmalen, Jos, Pemba, Senga K, Fulgence D Rutasha   +15 more
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Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Bone Sarcoma Patients: A 10‐Year, Single‐Institution Experience Encompassing the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Osteosarcoma (OS) and Ewing sarcoma (EWS) are the most common primary bone cancers in children, but acute thrombosis is poorly characterized in this population. Our study evaluated the rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and associated risk factors in pediatric patients with bone sarcomas treated over a 10‐year period encompassing
Sarah Kappa, Shou Xu, Mark Zobeck, Sarah E. Sartain, Nino Rainusso, Lisa Wang, Nicole Montgomery, Paige Wheaton, Sarah Whittle   +8 more
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Exploring Medical Utilization Patterns of Emergency Department Users

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2008
The intercategory relationship of various medical services is of importance to both health care management and policy-making. The purpose of this study was to explore the intercategory relationship of emergency medical services and other medical services
Jin-An Huang, Rhay-Hung Weng, Chi-Shiun Lai, Jer-San Hu   +3 more
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Time Toxicity in Wilms Tumor: Quantifying the Burden of Healthcare Interaction in the First Year After Diagnosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Wilms tumor (WT) treatment imposes a significant time burden on patients and their families. Time toxicity is a patient‐centered metric that quantifies the burden of healthcare interaction. We sought to define time toxicity in the first year after diagnosis of WT and hypothesized that it would increase as tumor stage and treatment ...
Caleb Q. Ashbrook, Veerain Gupta, Nicholas J. Clark, Vijay Rings, Lauren E. Corona, Douglass B. Clayton, Daniel J. Benedetti   +6 more
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Association of Psychological Distress, Contextual Factors, and Individual Differences Among Citizen Responders

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Little is known about the psychological risks of dispatched citizen responders who have participated in resuscitation attempts. Methods and Results A cross‐sectional survey study was performed with 102 citizen responders who participated in a ...
Emma Slebsager Ries, Astrid Rolin Kragh, Jesper Dammeyer, Fredrik Folke, Linn Andelius, Carolina Malta Hansen   +5 more
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications in Uremic Toxins From 1991 to 2024

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Uremic toxins are a growing area of research in nephrology, with significant implications in the progression and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the management of end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD). This bibliometric analysis aims to evaluate the global research trends, key contributors, and the impact of publications in ...
Yuh‐Shan Ho, Karim M. Soliman, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, Wannasit Wathanavasin, Ahmed Daoud, Ahmed I. Kamal, Balázs Szamosfalvi, Tibor Fülöp   +7 more
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