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What do users value about the emergency ambulance service? [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction: Response times have been used as a key quality indicator for emergency ambulance services in the United Kingdom, but criticised for their narrow focus. Consequently, there is a need to consider wider measures of quality.
O'Cathain, Alicia, Phung, Viet-Hai, Siriwardena, A. Niroshan, Togher, Fiona, Turner, Janette   +4 more
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Multidisciplinary review and discussion of Drug Related Problems in polypharmacy patients in an emergency department

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2019
Summary: The study was carried out in the Emergency Department (ED) of a tertiary hospital. We reviewed treatments of polypharmacy patients. The aim is to study the prevalence of Drug Related Problems (DRP) and its implications in the visit to ED.
Iosu Barral, María Pilar Bachiller, Josune Iribar, Arritxu Etxeberria, Arantza Zurutuza, Arantza Aguillo, Jose Ramon Aginaga, Manuel Cancio, María Iciar Agote, Olga Barrio, Mikel Barral   +10 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
doaj   +1 more source

Driving behaviors associated with emergency service vehicle crashes in the U.S. fire service

Traffic Injury Prevention, 2018
Objective: Emergency service vehicle incidents are a leading cause of firefighter fatalities and are also hazardous to civilian road users. Modifiable driving behaviors may be associated with emergency service vehicle incidents.
David P. Bui, Chengcheng Hu, Alesia M. Jung, K. M. P. Porter, S. Griffin, Dustin D. French, Steve Crothers, J. Burgess   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Performance Approximation of Emergency Service Systems with Priorities and Partial Backups

Transportation Science, 2018
An approximate procedure is presented for priority emergency service systems with partial backups where requests for service with a given origin and priority can be responded to by a certain subset...
A. Karimi, M. Gendreau, V. Verter
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Designing smartphone mental health applications for emergency service workers.

Occupational Medicine, 2017
Background Emergency service workers are often exposed to trauma and have increased risk of a range of mental health (MH) conditions. Smartphone applications have the potential to provide this group with effective psychological interventions; however ...
M. Deady, Dorian Peters, H. Lang, R. Calvo, N. Glozier, H. Christensen, S. Harvey, S. Harvey, S. Harvey   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Vision on Intelligent Medical Service for Emergency on 5G and 6G Communication Era

EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things, 2020
Emergency service is the most important research field for welfare of human kind. Some examples are ambulances and fire control truck. However, these conventional emergency services are not equipped with appropriate equipment to provide high QoS.
Sabuzima Nayak, Ripon Patgiri
semanticscholar   +1 more source