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Epilepsy emergency rescue training. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Qual Improv Rep, 2015
Abstract The NICE audit of epilepsy related deaths revealed that 1200 epilepsy deaths occur every year in the UK, with 42% potentially avoidable.[1] Convulsive status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening condition with over 20% mortality rate, especially if early treatment is not initiated .[2] Ten percent of all UK emergency ...
Shankar R   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Location method for emergency rescue node on expressways based on spatio-temporal characteristics of vehicle operation [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
Expressway networks are continuously developing and emergency rescue demand is increasing proportionately. The location of expressway emergency rescue nodes needs refinement to meet changing requirements.
Xinghua Hu   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Emergency services to the rescue? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Drawing on some recent appellate decisions, this article argues that in appropriate cases emergency service providers should be held to owe a duty of care to go to the aid of those they know to be at physical risk.
Williams, K.
core   +2 more sources

Analysis of a hazardous factory explosion accident [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
Factory explosion accidents not only cause damages of factory facilities and equipment, or casualties usually, but also cause fire disaster due to various reasons, resulting in larger losses.
Guo Shihui   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An emergency rescue analysis of a hazardous chemical deflagration accident [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
The hazardous chemical explosion and combustion accidents have the characteristics of wide scope, high risk, complex situation, and difficult to deal with.
Zhang Zhiguo, Cu Kunpeng, Tao Xinyi
doaj   +1 more source

Attention Control Training for the Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Firefighters: A Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
Background: Firefighters are at high risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with attention bias being a contributing factor. Attention Control Training (ACT) is a cognitive behavioral intervention for PTSD treatment and prevention, but
Zhou Xiwen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Residents’ Sense of Place on Micro Small Public Spaces on Epidemic Perspective [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
Like other historical preservation areas, the Fayuansi Community in Beijing’s old city zone faces many problems such as high population density and a shortage of public spaces.
Yu Lei, Chang Jinming
doaj   +1 more source

Usability and effectiveness of inhaled methoxyflurane for prehospital analgesia - a prospective, observational study

open access: yesBMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Pain relief in the prehospital setting is often insufficient, as the administration of potent intravenous analgesic drugs is mostly reserved to physicians. In Australia, inhaled methoxyflurane has been in routine use by paramedics for decades,
Helmut Trimmel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Synergistic inhibition effect on lithium-ion batteries during thermal runaway by N2-twin-fluid liquid mist

open access: yesCase Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022
The thermal runaway disaster suppression technology for lithium-ion battery (LIB) based on external prevention and control strategy remains confronted with myriads of challenges.
Zhang Tianwei   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of decision of withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in French EDs

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Decisions of withholding or withdrawing life sustaining-treatments in emergency department are part of current practice but the decision-making process remains poorly described in the literature.
Marion Douplat   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

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