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Reasons for medical rescue team interventions in the northwest part of masovian voivodeship

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018
Introduction: Civilisation development and huge technological progress influence the life and functioning of every human being. They facilitate functioning in the modern world but are also associated with increased incidence of trauma and morbidity ...
Zbigniew Białczak, Robert Gałązkowski, Patryk Rzońca, Adam Gorgol   +3 more
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Pilot implementation of the competence of Czech paramedics to administer sufentanil for the treatment of pain in acute trauma without consulting a physician: observational study

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background The use of intravenous opioids in the traumatic pain in pre-hospital care in the Czech Republic is based primarily on the indication of a physician.
Metodej Renza, Roman Sykora, David Peran, Kristina Hricova, Nikola Brizgalova, Petra Bakurova, Miloš Kukacka   +6 more
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Major challenges and barriers in clinical decision-making as perceived by emergency medical services personnel: a qualitative content analysis

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Having to work in unpredictable and critical conditions, emergency care services (EMS) personnel experience complicated situations at the scene of accidents which, inevitably, influence their clinical decisions.
Mostafa Bijani, Saeed Abedi, Shahnaz Karimi, Banafsheh Tehranineshat   +3 more
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Opportunities for Emergency Medical Services Intervention to Prevent Opioid Overdose Mortality

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2020
Objectives The opioid crisis is a growing cause of mortality in the United States and may be mitigated by innovative approaches to identifying individuals at-risk of fatal opioid overdose.
Elizabeth H Barefoot, Julianne M. Cyr, J. Brice, M. Bachman, Jefferson G. Williams, J. Cabañas, K. Herbert   +6 more
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Impact of Community Socioeconomic Characteristics on Emergency Medical Service Delays in Responding to Fatal Vehicle Crashes

AJPM 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, Fernando Wilson, BA, PhD, Hongmei Wang, Lynette Smith, Hyo Jung Tak   +4 more
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Rendezvous between ambulances and prehospital physicians in the Capital Region of Denmark: a descriptive study

Scandinavian 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, Julie Samsoee Kjoelbye, Oscar Rosenkrantz, Charlotte Barfod   +3 more
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Connect dispatch centers for call handling improves performance

Scandinavian 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, Michel Terré, François Javaudin, Joël Jenvrin, Frédéric Berthier, Julien Labady, Brice Leclere, Emmanuel Montassier   +7 more
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Association of Real‐Time Feedback and Cardiopulmonary‐Resuscitation Quality Delivered by Ambulance Personnel for Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Journal 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, Tom Quinn, Roselil Maria Oelrich, Dimitra Nikoletou, Mads Christian Tofte Gregers, Julie Samsøe Kjølbye, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Fredrik Folke   +7 more
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Emergency medical services targeting opioid user disorder: An exploration of current out‐of‐hospital post‐overdose interventions

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020
The opioid epidemic continues to escalate, and out‐of‐hospital emergency medical services (EMS) play a vital role in acute overdose reversal, but could serve a broader role post‐incident for follow‐up, outreach, and referrals.
Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer, Christine Bakos-Block, Andrea J. Yatsco, J. Langabeer   +3 more
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The Danish prehospital emergency healthcare system and research possibilities

Scandinavian 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, Søren Mikkelsen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Poul Anders Hansen, Gitte Jørgensen, Ole Mazur Hendriksen, Hans Kirkegaard, Peter Anthony Berlac, Morten Breinholt Søvsø   +8 more
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