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Background Variation in the incidence, survival rate and factors associated with survival after cardiac arrest in Europe is reported. Some studies have tried to fill the knowledge gap regarding the epidemiology of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Europe
I. Tjelmeland+51 more
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Connect dispatch centers for call handling improves performance
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
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Violence against emergency medical services personnel: A systematic review of the literature
BACKGROUND Violence against emergency medical services (EMS) personnel is a growing concern. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesize the current literature on violence against EMS personnel.
B. Maguire+3 more
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Pre-hospital management of patients with chest pain and/or dyspnoea of cardiac origin. A position paper of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) of the ESC. [PDF]
Chest pain and acute dyspnoea are frequent causes of emergency medical services activation. The pre-hospital management of these conditions is heterogeneous across different regions of the world and Europe, as a consequence of the variety of emergency ...
ACCA Study Grp Prehosp Care+4 more
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Patient satisfaction with telephone care assessment among patients with non-urgent prehospital emergency care issues : A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Background: Telephone care assessment (TCA) by a nurse have shown to reduce the number of emergency department (ED) visits and emergency medical services missions (EMS).
Ala-Kokko, T.I.+3 more
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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
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Effects of Emergency Medical Service Funding Policies in Kentucky [PDF]
Emergency medical services is a complicated component in local Kentucky governments. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) operated and managed by local government have various funding mechanisms and each have different methods of reporting.
Moreland, Amber
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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
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Key Points Question Are racial/ethnic minorities who use emergency medical services transported to the same emergency department as white residents living in the same zip code?
A. Hanchate+5 more
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The Danish prehospital emergency healthcare system and research possibilities
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
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