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A study of urgent and emergency referrals from NHS Direct within England [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives: The presented study aimed to explore referral patterns of National Health Service (NHS) Direct to determine how patients engage with telephone-based healthcare and how telephone-healthcare can manage urgent and emergency care.
Al-Qirim, Bashshur, Calado, Centre for Mental Health, College of Nurses of Ontario, Cook, Cook, Dale, Darkins, de Lusignan, Department of Health, Department of Health, Fernandes, Foster, Gillen, Hanlon, Hsieh, Hsu, Munro, Munro, Munro, NHS Direct, NHS England, NHS England, O'Cathain, Smith, Stacey, Takahashi, UK Clinical Research Collaboration, United States National Library of Medicine, Wahlberg   +30 more
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A taxonomy for emergency service station location problem [PDF]

, 2011
The emergency service station (ESS) location problem has been widely studied in the literature since 1970s. There has been a growing interest in the subject especially after 1990s.
Basar, Ayfer, Başar, Ayfer, Catay, Bulent, Unluyurt, Tonguc, Çatay, Bülent, Ünlüyurt, Tonguç   +5 more
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Case study on economic return on investments for safety and emergency lighting in road tunnels [PDF]

, 2015
While planning a double-hole road tunnel with a length higher than one km, it is important to pay attention to the safety factor if an accident occurs. If there is a power outage, in order to avoid critical situations that could jeopardize the safety of ...
Bombelli, Emiliano, DE LIETO VOLLARO, Andrea, DE LIETO VOLLARO, Emanuele, Golasi, Iacopo, Gugliermetti, Franco, Nardecchia, Fabio, Pagliaro, Francesca, Salata, Ferdinando   +7 more
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Computer assisted assessment and advice for "non-serious" 999 ambulance service callers : the potential impact on ambulance despatch [PDF]

, 2003
Objective: To investigate the potential impact for ambulance services of telephone assessment and triage for callers who present with non-serious problems (Category C calls) as classified by ambulance service call takers.
Crouch, R., Dale, Jeremy, Foster, T., George, S., Glucksman, E., Hartley-Sharpe, C., Higgins, J., Hooper, R., Snooks, Helen, Williams, S.   +9 more
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Safety use of high frequency oscillatory ventilation in transport of newborn infants affected by severe respiratory failure: preliminary data in central Tuscany

BMC Pediatrics, 2022
Background Neonatal Emergency Transport Services play a fundamental role in neonatal care. Stabilization before transport of newborns suffering from severe respiratory failure is often a challenging problem and some critically ill infants may benefit ...
Gilda Belli, Ilaria Dovadola, Elettra Berti, Letizia Padrini, Elisabetta Agostini, Lisa Serafini, Anna Ingargiola, Gabriella Gabbrielli, Elena Sandini, Angelo Azzarà, Serena Catarzi, Maria Luce Cioni, Letizia Petrucci, Filomena Paternoster, Marco Moroni   +14 more
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The Alternative Pre-hospital Pathway team: reducing conveyances to the emergency department through patient centered Community Emergency Medicine

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Internationally increasing demand for emergency care is driving innovation within emergency services. The Alternative Pre-Hospital Pathway (APP) Team is one such Community Emergency Medicine (CEM) initiative developed in Cork, Ireland to ...
Andrew Patton, Cathal O’Donnell, Owen Keane, Kieran Henry, Donal Crowley, Adrian Collins, Eoghan Redmond, Nicky Glynn, Martin Dunne, Conor Deasy   +9 more
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INVESTIGATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF THE PATIENTS WITH MILD COVID-19 SYMPTOMS IN EMERGENCY ROOM

Sanamed, 2021
Introduction: This study aims to understand the burden of invoice costs of outpatients with mild Covid-19 symptoms on Social Security Institution (SSI); also, how it may have influenced the current economic situation.
Durmus Ensar, Guneysu Fatih, Guner Gokhan Necip, Aslan Nuray, Yurumez Yusuf   +4 more
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Emergency ambulance service involvement with residential care homes in the support of older people with dementia : an observational study [PDF]

, 2014
© 2014 Amador et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and ...
A Gruneir, A Gruneir, AC Bebbington, ACL Ong, C Girio-Fragkoulakis, C Goodman, Care Quality Commission, CE Stephens, Claire Goodman, Derek King, Elspeth Mathie, Ina Machen, J Beecham, JS Mitchell, L Carter, M Kirsebom, MA Becker, Natasha Elmore, NJ Nagelkerke, P Parsons, RJ Ackermann, S Godden, Sarah Amador, Steve Iliffe, T Quinn, ᅟ   +25 more
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Pattern Dynamics of Bacteriemia and Sepsis Pathogens in ICU Patients of Emergency Service

Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2020
The results of microbiological tests of 2382 blood specimens from 698 patients of three ICUs of the N. V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Service were analysed for a period of 2009 to 2012. No microbial growth was detected in 1160 specimens (
T. V. Chernenkaya, L. A. Borisova, I. V. Aleksandrova, S. I. Rei, O. V. Nikitina, D. A. Kosolapov   +5 more
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Emergency Care Handover (ECHO study) across care boundaries : the need for joint decision making and consideration of psychosocial history [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Inadequate handover in emergency care is a threat to patient safety. Handover across care boundaries poses particular problems due to different professional, organisational and cultural backgrounds.
Apker, Arora, Banerjee, Behara, Bomba, Bost, Catchpole, Cheung, Cohen, Haig, Hilligoss, Hodges, Institute of Medicine, Johnson, Laurence Fitton, Mark A Sujan, Matthew Inada-Kim, Matthew W Cooke, Michelle Rudd, O'Leary, Patterson, Peter Chessum, Peter Spurgeon, Petersen, Pope, Pothier, Raduma-Tomas, Solet, Talbot, Ye   +29 more
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