A Mobile Geo-Communication Dataset for Physiology-Aware DASH in Rural Ambulance Transport [PDF]
Use of telecommunication technologies for remote, continuous monitoring of patients can enhance effectiveness of emergency ambulance care during transport from rural areas to a regional center hospital. However, the communication along the various routes in rural areas may have wide bandwidth ranges from 2G to 4G; some regions may have only lower ...
Berlin, Richard R.+4 more
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Hospital Emergency Service and the Open Door [PDF]
This Article will focus on the emerging duty of hospital emergency rooms to treat patients seeking their ...
Powers, Leonard S.
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Findings regarding non-sexual penile fracture in a referral emergency hospital [PDF]
Purpose: To describe penile fracture (PF) findings with non-sexual etiology in a referral emergency hospital, with emphasis on demographic data, clinical and intraoperative findings and long-term outcomes.
Rodrigo Barros+4 more
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EVALUASI IMPLEMENTASI STANDAR PELAYANAN MINIMAL PADA UNIT GAWAT DARURAT RS PABATU PTPN IV KABUPATEN SERDANG BEDAGAI [PDF]
Improving service and quality in the emergency department does not only have implications for clinical aspects but must also rely on safety and service delivery aspects.
Indra, Sabrina
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Impact of a physician – critical care practitioner pre‐hospital service in Wales on trauma survival: a retrospective analysis of linked registry data [PDF]
The Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service for Wales launched in 2015. This service delivers senior pre-hospital doctors and advanced critical care practitioners to the scene of time-critical life- and limb-threatening incidents to provide ...
Ashley Akbari+3 more
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Economies of Scale and Scope in Hospitals: An Empirical Study of Volume Spillovers [PDF]
General hospitals across the world are becoming larger (i.e. admitting more patients each year) and more complex (i.e. offering a wider range of services to patients with more diverse care needs). Prior work suggests that an increase in patient volume in
Freeman, M, Savva, N, Scholtes, S
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Background In Sweden, the majority of patients who are transported to hospital by the emergency medical services (EMS) are relatively old and the majority suffer from comorbidity. About half these patients are admitted to a hospital ward and will stay in
Carl Magnusson+4 more
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Background: Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are one of the most basic and fundamental screening tools used in the emergency department (ED). Previous studies have shown machine diagnosis of ECG to be unreliable, the ECG machine does provide a simpler ...
Afnan S. Sharourou+5 more
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Evaluation of hand injury management at the emergency department - are we getting better? [PDF]
Background/Aim. Hand injuries are one of the most common injuries seen in emergency departments. Inadequate treatment can lead to prolonged healing, complications, significant morbidity, and serious disability.
Nikolić Jelena+3 more
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Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment score is not sensitive enough to predict 28-day mortality in emergency department patients with sepsis: a retrospective review [PDF]
Objective To test the hypothesis that the quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score, derived from vital signs taken during triage and recommended by current sepsis guidelines for screening patients with infections for organ dysfunction,
Kyung Su Kim+7 more
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