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Volunteer Responder Interventions in Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Patients with out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in rural areas experience longer emergency response times and have lower survival rates compared with patients in urban areas.
Astrid Rolin Kragh, Mads Tofte Gregers, Linn Andelius, Anne Juul Grabmayr, Louise Kollander, Victor Elnegaard Kjærulf, Julie Samsøe Kjølbye, Annam Pervez Sheikh, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Fredrik Folke, Carolina Malta Hansen   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Occupational burnout in pre-hospital emergency personnel in Iran: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2021
Background: Occupational burnout, as a reaction to persistent work pressures, reduces efficiency, wastes manpower, and causes physical and psychological complications.
Ali Sahebi, Mohamad Golitaleb, Katayoun Jahangiri   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment of Chemical Dependency May Reduce Medical Utilization and Costs [PDF]

, 2006
Summarizes a study of the impact of chemical dependency treatment on the costs and utilization of medical services -- hospital days, emergency department visits, and outpatient visits.
Lauren Necochea, Lawrence Walter, Lynn Ackerson, Steven Allen   +3 more
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The impact of neighborhood deprivation on patients' unscheduled out-of-hours healthcare seeking behavior: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The use of unscheduled out of hours medical care is related to the social status of the patient. However, the social variance in the patient's preference for a hospital based versus a primary care based facility, and the impact of specific ...
Buylaert, Walter, De Maeseneer, Jan, De Maeyer, Philippe, De Paepe, Peter, Peersman, Wim, Willems, Sara   +5 more
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community paramedic point of care testing: validity and usability of two commercially available devices

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Community Paramedics (CPs) require access to timely blood analysis in the field to guide treatment and transport decisions. Point of care testing (POCT), as opposed to laboratory analysis, may offer a solution, but limited research exists on ...
Ian E. Blanchard, Ryan Kozicky, Dana Dalgarno, Justin Simms, Stacy Goulder, Tyler S. Williamson, Susan Biesbroek, Lenore Page, Karen Leaman, Suzanne Snozyk, Lyle Redman, Keith Spackman, Christopher J. Doig, Eddy S. Lang, Gerald Lazarenko   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Looking back to inform the future: a review of published paramedicine research

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Objective Paramedicine has evolved in ways that may outpace the science informing these changes. Examining the scholarly pursuits of paramedicine may provide insights into the historical academic focus, which may inform future endeavors and evolution of ...
N. Cavanagh, I. E. Blanchard, D. Weiss, W. Tavares   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Emergency Medicine Specialist on Performance of the Emergency Department of Kerman Shahid Bahonar Hospital: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

, 2016
The Role of Emergency Medicine Specialist on Performance of the Emergency Department of Kerman Shahid Bahonar Hospital: A Qualitative Study Ghorbani Nia Rahil1*, Amiresmaeili MohammadReza2, NekoeiMoghadam Mahamod3, Saberi Nia Amin4 1.
Amiresmaeili, MohammadReza, Ghorbani Nia, Rahil, NekoeiMoghadam, Mahamod, Saberi Nia, Amin   +3 more
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NHS Direct: consistency of triage outcomes [PDF]

, 2003
OBJECTIVES: To examine the consistency of triage outcomes by nurses using four types of computerised decision support software in NHS Direct. METHODS: 119 scenarios were constructed based on calls to ambulance services that had been assigned the ...
Knowles, E., Munro, J.F., Nicholl, J., O'Cathain, A., Webber, E.   +4 more
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