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Medical dispatchers’ experience with live video during emergency calls: a national questionnaire study

BMC Health Services Research
Background Telehealth has become increasingly essential in healthcare provision, also in the Prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS), where live video is implemented as a supplemental tool to assess and triage medical emergency calls.
Natascha H Bohnstedt-Pedersen, Gitte Linderoth, Barbara Helios, Helle C Christensen, Britta K Thomsen, Lisbeth Bekker, Jannie K B Gram, Ulla Vaeggemose, Tine B Gehrt   +8 more
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Enhancing Emergency Response through Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medical Services Dispatching; a Letter to Editor

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2023
The emergency medical dispatcher (EMD) serves as a crucial link between individuals in need of emergency medical assistance and the emergency medical services (EMS) resource delivery system.
Payam Emami, Karim Javanmardi
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Extraordinary Emergencies: Reproducing Moral Discourses of the Child in Institutional Interaction [PDF]

, 2020
This report uses audio recorded telephone calls and textual data from an emergency medical services call center to examine the interactional practices through which speakers produce what we call “extraordinary emergencies”, treating the events concerned ...
Rafaely, Daniella, Whitehead, Kevin A
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Visual Recovery Reflects Cortical MeCP2 Sensitivity in Rett Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Rett syndrome (RTT) is a devastating neurodevelopmental disorder with developmental regression affecting motor, sensory, and cognitive functions. Sensory disruptions contribute to the complex behavioral and cognitive difficulties and represent an important target for therapeutic interventions.
Alex Joseph Simon, Nathalie Picard, Valeria d'Andrea, Enchi Chang, Joseph Leffler, Eleonora Centofante, Matthew Taylor, Francesca Bardi, Francesca Cavicchiolo, Takao K. Hensch, Stefano Panzeri, Chinfei Chen, Michela Fagiolini   +12 more
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Emergency medical epidemiology in Assam, India

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2009
Background: Assam, with its capital in Dispur has one of the highest rates of infant and maternal mortality in India. Being under both tribal and hilly regions, it has lacked adequate healthcare and emergency services.
Saddichha Sahoo, Saxena Mukul, Pandey Vibha, Methuku Mithilesh   +3 more
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Evaluation of tools to assess psychological distress: how to measure psychological stress reactions in citizen responders– a systematic review

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Dispatched citizen responders are increasingly involved in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) resuscitation which can lead to severe stress.
Astrid Rolin Kragh, Fredrik Folke, Linn Andelius, Emma Slebsager Ries, Rasmus Vedby Rasmussen, Carolina Malta Hansen   +5 more
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Preventing Emergency Department Overutilization for Florida’s Seasonal Resident Population [PDF]

, 2018
Background/Local Problem: Seasonal migration of elderly patients to Lee County, Florida result in overcrowding and prolonged wait times in emergency departments.
GARCIA, AMANDA
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CSF Levels of NPTX2 Are Associated With Less Brain Atrophy Over Time in Cognitively Unimpaired Individuals

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neuronal pentraxin 2 (NPTX2) is a synaptic protein involved in synaptic plasticity and regulation of neuronal excitability. Lower baseline cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) NPTX2 levels have been shown to be associated with an earlier onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a pre‐dementia syndrome, even after CSF Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
Juan P. Vazquez, Corinne Pettigrew, Yuxin Zhu, Claire Anderson, Guray Erus, Christos Davatzikos, Michael Miller, Abhay Moghekar, Sungtaek Oh, Chan‐Hyun Na, Marilyn Albert, Paul Worley, Anja Soldan   +12 more
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The SEE-IT Trial: emergency medical services Streaming Enabled Evaluation In Trauma: a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Use of bystander video livestreaming from scene to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is becoming increasingly common to aid decision making about the resources required.
Cath Taylor, Lucie Ollis, Richard M. Lyon, Julia Williams, Simon S. Skene, Kate Bennett, Matthew Glover, Scott Munro, Craig Mortimer, the SEE-IT Trial Group   +9 more
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Pre-hospital management of acute stroke patients eligible for thrombolysis – an evaluation of ambulance on-scene time

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability with effective treatment, including thrombolysis or thrombectomy, being time-critical for favourable outcomes. While door-to-needle time in hospital has been optimized for many years, little is
Nicolas Drenck, Søren Viereck, Josefine Stokholm Bækgaard, Karl Bang Christensen, Freddy Lippert, Fredrik Folke   +5 more
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