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Factors that Influence the Way Communities Respond to Proposals for Major Changes to Local Emergency Services: A Qualitative Study [PDF]

, 2015
According to policy commentators, decisions about how best to organise care involve trade-offs between factors relating to care quality, workforce, cost, and patient access.
Harrison, DA, Naomi J. Fulop, Barratt, H, Helen Barratt, Rosalind Raine, Fulop, NJ, David A Harrison, Naomi J Fulop, Raine, R, David A. Harrison, Harrison David A., Fulop Naomi J., Barratt Helen, Raine Rosalind   +13 more
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Ethical Foreground and Background in Adult Educator Work

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult educators work in a complex ethical environment. The very act of contributing to the learning of another is fraught with moral overtones. In this paper we consider the ethical dimensions of adult educator practice by distinguishing the ethical features of the context or ‘background’ of practice from the ethical capabilities and decision ...
Steven Hodge, Sonal Nakar
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Other title: State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; Other title: Emergency Services and Public Protection

, 2017
Updated irregularly; Began in 2012.; Title from home page (publisher's Web site, viewed Feb. 9, 2012).; At head of title: State of Connecticut.; Harvested from the web on 5/8/17Official website of the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and ...

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A hybrid strategy using an ambulance and a helicopter to convey thrombectomy candidates to definite care: a prospective observational study

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Mechanical thrombectomy is the treatment of choice for large vessel occlusion strokes done only in comprehensive stroke centres (CSC). We investigated whether the transportation time of thrombectomy candidates from another hospital district ...
Pauli Vuorinen, Piritta Setälä, Jyrki Ollikainen, Sanna Hoppu   +3 more
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Case Report: Case report: Aslanger’s sign in electrocardiogram. [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research
Electrocardiograms (ECGs) can be affected by various factors and technical problems. It is rare for an artefact to be the cause of ST-segment elevation, especially in asymptomatic patients.
Naoufel Chebili, Mounir Naija, Nabil Chebbi, Haifa Bradai, Dorra Loghmari, Rabeb Mbarek, Sondes Laajimi   +6 more
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Is dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation affected by a bystander’s emotional stress state in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Aim The study aimed to investigate whether a bystander’s emotional stress state affects dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DA-CPR) in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The primary outcome was initiation of chest compressions (Yes/No).
Rebecca Hvidt Tuffley, Fredrik Folke, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Gitte Linderoth   +4 more
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Comprehensive Assessment of Arterial, Tissue, and Venous Collaterals for Evaluating the Infarct Growth Rate: The Multimodal Collateral Score

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Collaterals are crucial factors that influence the infarct growth rate (IGR). We aimed to determine whether a comprehensive multimodal collateral score (MCS), incorporating collateral assessment at the arterial, tissue, and venous levels, is associated with functional independence and provides incremental prognostic value over ...
Giorgio Busto, Umberto Pensato, Ilaria Casetta, Giorgio U. Marcello, Angelo Barra, Anna Poggesi, Edoardo Carlesi, Sara Mancini, Andrea Ginestroni, Vittorio Miele, Alessandro Padovani, Andrea Morotti, Enrico Fainardi   +12 more
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Prehospital stroke triage in Denmark: a retrospective observational study of emergency medical services handling confirmed stroke cases not admitted directly to a stroke unit

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Early identification and correct triage of stroke in the prehospital setting are essential for timely treatment and improved outcomes. In Region Zealand, Denmark, ambulance personnel are instructed to consult a neurologist when stroke is ...
Astrid Merete Blomberg Drejøe, Magnus Glerup, Troels Wienecke, Jonathan Wenstrup, Felix Nicolai Raben-Levetzau, Heidi Shil Eddelien, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen   +7 more
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Clinical Outcomes Following the Implementation of a Novel One-Year Training Program in Emergency Medicine in Karachi, Pakistan

Annals of Global Health, 2023
Background: Most Emergency Departments (EDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in Pakistan, are staffed by physicians not formally trained in Emergency Medicine (EM).
Syed Ghazanfar Saleem, Saima Ali, Adeel Khatri, Sama Mukhtar, Wasfa Farooq, Quratulain Maroof, Muhammad Imran Jamal, Tariq Aziz, Kaniz Farwa Haider, Farah Z. Dadabhoy, Megan M. Rybarczyk   +10 more
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Screening Routine Clinical Notes for Epilepsy Surgery Candidates Using Large Language Models

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Epilepsy surgery is severely underutilized despite proven efficacy, with substantial under‐referral of eligible patients in routine clinical practice. This study evaluated the potential role of large language models (LLMs) as decision‐support tools for screening unstructured clinical notes to identify epilepsy surgery candidates and ...
Uriel Fennig, Nadav Amir, Maya Schiller, Roni Loebenstein, Johnatan Nissan, Marina Boxer, Shany Guly Gofrit, Gal Goshen, Sándor Beniczky, Nicola Maggio   +9 more
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