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Rendezvous between ambulances and prehospital physicians in the Capital Region of Denmark: a descriptive study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background In a two-tier Emergency Medical Services response system with ambulances and physician-staffed rapid response vehicles, both units are ideally dispatched simultaneously when a physician is needed.
Roselil Oelrich, Julie Samsoee Kjoelbye, Oscar Rosenkrantz, Charlotte Barfod   +3 more
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Association of Real‐Time Feedback and Cardiopulmonary‐Resuscitation Quality Delivered by Ambulance Personnel for Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background High‐quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is associated with improved survival from out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest and includes chest compression depth, chest compression rate, and chest compression fraction within international ...
Rasmus Meyer Lyngby, Tom Quinn, Roselil Maria Oelrich, Dimitra Nikoletou, Mads Christian Tofte Gregers, Julie Samsøe Kjølbye, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Fredrik Folke   +7 more
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Looking back to inform the future: a review of published paramedicine research

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Objective Paramedicine has evolved in ways that may outpace the science informing these changes. Examining the scholarly pursuits of paramedicine may provide insights into the historical academic focus, which may inform future endeavors and evolution of ...
N. Cavanagh, I. E. Blanchard, D. Weiss, W. Tavares   +3 more
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Regulation of Emergency Services [PDF]

Public Health Reports (1896-1970), 1963
IHE transportation and care given an accident victim until he reaches a proper,medical facility are frequently crucial to his survival. Nevertheless, the emergency services in most communities are noticeably unsupervised and unregulated, and, all too often, accident victims arrive at the hospital with injuries and conditions inadequately cared for or ...
A E, BRIGGS, F C, PALMER
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Association of Psychological Distress, Contextual Factors, and Individual Differences Among Citizen Responders

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2021
Background Little is known about the psychological risks of dispatched citizen responders who have participated in resuscitation attempts. Methods and Results A cross‐sectional survey study was performed with 102 citizen responders who participated in a ...
Emma Slebsager Ries, Astrid Rolin Kragh, Jesper Dammeyer, Fredrik Folke, Linn Andelius, Carolina Malta Hansen   +5 more
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The Role of Emergence in Service Systems [PDF]

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2020
It has been recognized that a service systems perspective, informed by service-dominant logic, provides a dynamic approach for studying value cocreation. According to this view, value is the increase in the viability of the system in which actors co-create value.
Polese, Francesco, Sarno, Debora, Vargo, Stephen Louis   +2 more
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Community paramedic point of care testing: validity and usability of two commercially available devices

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Community Paramedics (CPs) require access to timely blood analysis in the field to guide treatment and transport decisions. Point of care testing (POCT), as opposed to laboratory analysis, may offer a solution, but limited research exists on ...
Ian E. Blanchard, Ryan Kozicky, Dana Dalgarno, Justin Simms, Stacy Goulder, Tyler S. Williamson, Susan Biesbroek, Lenore Page, Karen Leaman, Suzanne Snozyk, Lyle Redman, Keith Spackman, Christopher J. Doig, Eddy S. Lang, Gerald Lazarenko   +14 more
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Overcoming distance: an exploration of current practices of government and charity-funded critical care transport and retrieval organizations

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background For critically ill and injured patients, timely access to definitive care is associated with a reduction in avoidable mortality. Access to definitive care is significantly affected by geographic remoteness. To overcome this disparity, a robust
Adam Greene, Pierre-Marc Dion, Brodie Nolan, Rob Trachter, Erik Vu, Jan Trojanowski   +5 more
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Differences between the dispatch priority assessments of emergency medical dispatchers and emergency medical services: a prospective register-based study in Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Responsive and efficient emergency medical services (EMS) require accurate telephone triage. In Finland, such services are provided by Emergency Response Centre Agency (ERC Agency).
Tomi Salminen, Kaius Kaartinen, Mervi Roos, Verna Vaajanen, Ari Ekstrand, Piritta Setälä, Sanna Hoppu   +6 more
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Lessons from surge disaster response simulation activities [PDF]

ABC: časopis urgentne medicine
Purpose: Emergency Departments (ED) play a sentinel role in disaster responses, from decontamination and triage to stabilisation of patients, while continuing to provide routine medical care for existing and new patients.
Sikic Mirjana, Nestel Debra, Settle Kate, Jenkins Sarah, Laging Rohan, Durbridge Nathan, Mitra Biswadev   +6 more
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