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Using handheld pocket computers in a wireless telemedicine system [PDF]

, 2006
Objectives: To see if senior emergency nurse practitioners can provide support to inexperienced ones in a Minor Injuries Unit by using a wireless LAN system of telemedicine transmitting images to a PDA when they were on duty. In addition, whether such
Tachakra, S, Tachakra, F, Banitsas, K, Solomon, H, Corrigan, R, Song, Y   +5 more
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Complications associated with pre-hospital open thoracostomies: a rapid review

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Open thoracostomies have become the standard of care in pre-hospital critical care in patients with chest injuries receiving positive pressure ventilation.
Stian Mohrsen, Niall McMahon, Alasdair Corfield, Sinéad McKee   +3 more
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The impact of a new regional air ambulance service on a large general hospital [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Helicopter air ambulance crews are influenced in their selection of the destination hospital for their patients by several factors including: distance from the scene; facilities, on site specialties, and senior cover of the receiving hospital;
Currie, A., Bleetman, A., Jenkinson, E.
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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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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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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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Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1) trial protocol. Computerised on-scene decision support for emergency ambulance staff to assess and plan care for older people who have fallen: evaluation of costs and benefits using a pragmatic cluster randomised trial [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Many emergency ambulance calls are for older people who have fallen. As half of them are left at home, a community-based response may often be more appropriate than hospital attendance.
Russell Ian, Lyons, Ronan, Peconi, Julie, Lyons, R., Wells, B., Humphreys, I., Whitfield, R, Humphreys, Ioan, Sánchez, A, Dale, J, Russell, I, Lyons, R, Mason Suzanne, Helen Snooks, Gaze, Sarah, Sánchez, Antonio, Dale, J., Snooks Helen, Wani, M, Roberts Stephen, Suzanne Mason, Dale, Jeremy, Dale Jeremy, Yasmin Merali, Ceri Phillips, Merali, Yasmin, Wells, B, Close Jacqueline, Sarah Gaze, Snooks, Helen, Russell, Ian, Whitfield, Richard, Lyons Ronan, Ivy Cheung, Stephen Roberts, Mason, Suzanne, Snooks, H., Roberts, Stephen, Julie Peconi, Whitfield, R., Jacqueline Close, Peconi, J., Cheung Wai-Yee, Humphreys, I, Merali Yasmin, Peconi Julie, Phillips, Ceri, Sánchez, A., Humphreys Ioan, Wells Bridget, Mason, S, Russell, Ian T., Phillips Ceri, Roberts, S., Wani, M., Close, Jacqueline, Phillips, J., Cheung, Wai-Yee, Merali, Y., Cheung, WY, Ian Russell, Phillips Judith, Wani Mushtaq, Gaze, S., Roberts, Stephen E., Merali, Y, Gaze, S, Close, J ; https://orcid.org/, Phillips, Judith, Phillips, C., Russell, I., Judith Phillips, Ronan Lyons, Whitfield Richard, Cheung, W.-Y., Close, J., Wells, Bridget, Mason, S., Peconi, J, Phillips, J, Sánchez Antonio, Antonio Sánchez, Richard Whitfield, Roberts, S, Ioan Humphreys, Jeremy Dale, Snooks, H, Bridget Wells, Wai-Yee Cheung, Gaze Sarah, Mushtaq Wani, Wani, Mushtaq, Phillips, C   +92 more
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Defining criteria to choose appropriate destination hospital for trauma patients: Piacenza Local Health Authority’s Piacenza trauma algorithm protocol

Emergency Care Journal, 2016
Ambulance crew’s choosing of appropriate destination hospital for trauma patients can affect survival and morbidity outcomes. Aim of the present study is to devise a decision-making algorithm in order to allow the best choice of destination hospital for ...
Fabio Mozzarelli, Stefano Nani, Enrica Rossi, Mario Pizzamiglio   +3 more
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Evaluation of Pre-School (0-6) Age Group Trauma Patients Etiology

Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Objective: Trauma is one of the most important reasons of death in the pediatric age group. The aim of this study is to analyze the relation between the trauma type, trauma time, and the way of arrival to the hospital and to examine the causes of ...
Bahri Atlı, Şevki Hakan Eren, Abuzer Coşkun, İlhan Korkmaz, Mehmet Eren   +4 more
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