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Dispatch center performance and crisis resource management skills in mass casualty incidents: a prehospital simulation study preparing for 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics [PDF]
Background In Lombardy (Italy), Emergency Medical Dispatch Centers (EMDCs) play a crucial role in Mass Casualty Incidents (MCIs). These events put the staff under strain because, in addition to the usual burden of emergency calls, there is also the need ...
Alba Ripoll-Gallardo +14 more
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The main contention of the present paper is that current approaches to ontological emergence are not comprehensive, in that they share a common bias that make them blind to some conceptual space available to ontological emergence and, accordingly, to ...
Olivier Sartenaer
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Following April 2015's major earthquake in Nepal, massive efforts focused on providing aid to victims and survivors. Working behind the scenes, a small team of scientists scrambled to secure perishable data that could both explain how the quake occurred ...
John Stenmark
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CBRNe Personal Protective Equipment Is Not a Hindrance to Lifesaving Procedures in Prehospital Settings: A Prospective, Repeated-Measures Observational Study [PDF]
Objectives: The primary objective was to compare the usage of Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Protective Personal Equipment (PPE) and ordinary PPE when performing basic and advanced health care support maneuvers in a prehospital setting, evaluating the ...
Stefano Innocenzi +10 more
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Does Calm Always Follow the Storm? A Comprehensive Temporal Analysis of Emergency Department Visits in Northern Italy Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Background/Objectives: Emergency department (ED) crowding has become a pressing global concern exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. No studies have addressed this issue in Europe during the post-pandemic period so far.
Maria José De la Rosa +10 more
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant strain on the Emergency system, particularly for time-dependent diseases like Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA).
Giuseppe Stirparo +5 more
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Objectives To assess the survival predictivity of baseline blood cell differential count (BCDC), discretised according to two different methods, in adults visiting an emergency room (ER) for illness or trauma over 1 year.Design Retrospective cohort study
Matteo Locatelli +23 more
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