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Challenge Patient Dispatching in Mass Casualty Incidents [PDF]

, 2012
Efficient management of mass casualty incidents is complex, since regular emergency medical services struc-tures have to be switched to a temporary “disaster mode” involving additional operational and tactical struc-tures.
Adler, Christine, Donner, Anton, Greiner-Mai, Thomas, Rothkrantz, L.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical reasoning in the emergency medical services: an integrative review

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Clinical reasoning is the process of gathering and understanding information conducted by clinicians in the emergency medical services (EMS) so as to make informed decisions.
Ulf Andersson, Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Birgitta Wireklint Sundström, M. Andersson Hagiwara, Henrik Andersson   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

​Did a Non‐Medical Biosimilar Switching Policy Cause an Increase in Non‐Biologic/Biosimilar Health Care Resource Utilization or Cost in Patients With Inflammatory Arthritis?

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a series of policies that mandated switching patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) from an originator biologic to a biosimilar in British Columbia, Canada, on health care resource use and cost.
HaoHung Dang, Sandra Blitz, Nick Bansback, Michael Law, Mark Harrison   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

EMS operation in a female restricted university, Saudi prospective

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
This paper was written to explain the process and steps and to describe the experience with building a women-only operated collegiate emergency medical service (EMS) system in the largest women-only university in the world.
Wajdan Alassaf, Sameer Al Hamid, Osama Kentab, Abdullah Al Otaibi, Bandar Al Mufareh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
core   +1 more source

Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems

Pediatrics, 2019
Ill and injured children have unique needs that can be magnified when the child’s ailment is serious or life-threatening. This is especially true in the out-of-hospital environment.
Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, B. Moore, M. Shah, T. Gross, K. Brown, M. Gausche-Hill, K. Remick, K. Adelgais, Lara D Rappaport, Sally K. Snow, Cynthia Wright-Johnson, J. Leonard, J. Lyng, M. Fallat   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploring patients’ profiles associated with the resolution of acute calcium pyrophosphate arthritis treatedwith colchicine and prednisone: post hoc analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective The objective was to identify factors determining acute arthritis resolution and safety with colchicine and prednisone in acute calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal arthritis. Methods We conducted a post hoc analysis of the COLCHICORT trial, which compared colchicine and prednisone for the treatment of acute CPP crystal arthritis, using a ...
Tristan Pascart, Laurène Norberciak, Pascal Richette, Pierre Robinet, Aurore Pacaud, Gauthier Marchasson, Thibault Rabin, Hélène Luraschi, Pierre Maciejasz, Anne‐France Georgel, Augustin Latourte, Hang‐Korng Ea, Sébastien Ottaviani, Charlotte Jauffret, Vincent Ducoulombier   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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