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The state of emergency medical technician education in Ghana

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
The National Ambulance Service (NAS) provides emergency medical services throughout Ghana and trains emergency medical technicians (EMTs) at the NAS Prehospital Emergency Care Training School (PECTS). Currently the majority of EMT training occurs primarily in a traditional didactic format.
Katelyn E. Flaherty, Ahmed N. Zakariah, Vicki A. Vescio, Maxwell Osei-Ampofo, Mohammed-Najeeb Mahama, Vitus Agongo, Torben K. Becker   +6 more
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An Exploration of Occupational Violence among Emergency Medical Staff of a Major Medical University; 2020 [PDF]

Salāmat-i kār-i Īrān, 2023
Introduction: Nowadays, due to the increase in violence against emergency medical technicians and the adverse effects of these behaviors on physical and mental health, as well as employee productivity, it seems necessary to investigate occupational ...
Fateme Nikbakht, Hamid Heidarian Miri, Fatemeh kokabisaghi, Toktam Akbari Khalaj, Hamidreza Shabanikiya   +4 more
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Understanding higher-order constructs of leadership and communication in EMS clinical judgment

BMC Medical Education
Background For emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians, clinical judgment is a higher-order construct that encompasses the initial thought process (clinical reasoning) that assists clinicians in reaching conclusions (clinical decision making ...
Mihaiela R. Gugiu, Jennifer Cotto, Yin Burgess, Jonathan Powell, Ashish R. Panchal   +4 more
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Delphi Analysis of Science Gaps in the 2015 American Heart Association Cardiac Arrest Guidelines

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018
Background Current cardiac arrest guidelines have limited high‐quality scientific evidence to support recommendations for care. The quality of scientific evidence on which guidelines are based may correlate with improved patient outcomes and meaningful ...
Ashish R. Panchal, Rebecca E. Cash, Remle P. Crowe, Ryan Coute, David Way, Tom Aufderheide, Raina M. Merchant   +6 more
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The Effect of Start Triage Education on Knowledge and Practice of Emergency Medical Technicians in Disasters [PDF]

Journal of Caring Sciences, 2017
Introduction: Pre-hospital triage is one of the most fundamental concepts in emergency management. Limited human resource changes triage to an inevitable solution in the management of disasters.
Mahboub Pouraghaei, Jaafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Payman Moharamzadeh, Rozbeh Rajaei Ghafori, Farzad Rahmani, Baharak Najafi Mirfakhraei   +5 more
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Paramedic educational programs maintain entry level competency throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
Objective The COVID‐19 pandemic required unprecedented changes to emergency medical services (EMS) educational frameworks in the United States. It is unclear if pandemic‐related changes impacted paramedic educational outcomes.
Shea L. vanden Bergh, Lakeshia T. Logan, Jonathan R. Powell, Christopher B. Gage, Kathryn R. Crawford, Lisa Collard, Michael G. Miller, Ashish R. Panchal   +7 more
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Frequency of the Type of Workplace Violence Against Hamadan Medical Emergency Technicians and Its Relationship with Individual and Occupational Variables, 2018

مراقبت پرستاری و مامایی ابن سینا, 2020
Introduction: Medical emergency technicians are more likely to be exposed to workplace violence because of exposure to emergency situations. This study seems to be necessary because of the physical and psychological effects of the violence.
Roya Amini, Nahid Mohammadi, Fardin Karaji, Leili Tapak   +3 more
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Public awareness of emergency medical services phone number

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background: Activating the emergency medical services (EMS) system in case of medical emergencies must be quick and precise. This study was designed to measure public awareness of Riyadh's EMS phone number.
Abdullah A. Alabdali, Abdulrahman A. Alfraidi, Abdullah A. Almuhanna, Abdulwahab S. Alhamdan, Anas O. Alharbi, Ahmad A. Alshaqha, Omar S.Aldibasi   +6 more
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Team structure evaluation of hazardous material emergency response teams in the Midwest [PDF]

, 2001
Plan BA formal plan to evaluate the success of hazardous materials emergency response teams did not exist at Eau Claire Fire Rescue. Problems with its own response team caused this agency to question whether team structure and makeup changes might ...
Kassing, Edward
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Ambulance clinician perspectives of disparity in prehospital child pain management: A mixed methods study

Health Science Reports, 2021
Background When children suffer acute pain, the ambulance service is often involved to provide initial assessment, treatment, and transport. Several predictors of effective pain management have been identified, including children who are younger (0‐5 ...
Gregory Adam Whitley, Pippa Hemingway, Graham Richard Law, Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena   +3 more
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