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Noise exposure during prehospital emergency physicians work on Mobile Emergency Care Units and Helicopter Emergency Medical Services

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2017
Background Prehospital personnel are at risk of occupational hearing loss due to high noise exposure. The aim of the study was to establish an overview of noise exposure during emergency responses in Mobile Emergency Care Units (MECU), ambulances and ...
Mads Christian Tofte Hansen, Jesper Hvass Schmidt, Anne C. Brøchner, Jakob Kjersgaard Johansen, Stine Zwisler, Søren Mikkelsen   +5 more
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A descriptive analysis of endotracheal intubation in a South African Helicopter Emergency Medical Service

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) exists to supplement the operations of ground-based emergency care providers, mainly in high acuity cases. One of the important procedures frequently carried out by HEMS personnel is endotracheal
Willem Stassen, Alastair Lithgow, Craig Wylie, Christopher Stein   +3 more
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Investigating the barriers to air medical services in accidents and disasters in Iran and suggesting solutions: a qualitative study

BMC Research Notes
Objective Today, air medical services play a key part in providing emergency medical services in accidents and disasters in many countries, including Iran.
Mahmoudreza Peyravi, Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh, Mahmoud Hatami, Mostafa Bijani, Payam Shojaei   +4 more
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A socio-economic analysis of increased staffing in the Norwegian helicopter emergency medical service [PDF]

, 2018
Eirik Bjorheim Abrahamsen, Jon Tømmerås Selvik, Anders Nordgaard Dahle, Frank Asche, Håkon Bjorheim Abrahamsen   +4 more
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Inhaled methoxyflurane for fracture reduction in prehospital extremity trauma: an observational review of HEMS clinical practice

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Prehospital manipulation and reduction (M&R) of traumatic limb injuries may be required before transfer to restore alignment, reduce pain and bleeding, and limit secondary neurovascular compromise.
Joe Dowsing, James Price, Kate Lachowycz, Ed B. G. Barnard   +3 more
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Targeting the vulnerable: A critical analysis of helicopter transport for obstetric emergencies in Nepal

Journal of Critical Public Health
In tandem with national efforts to develop a system of pre-hospital care via ground ambulance services, leading private hospitals in Nepal are competing to institute air ambulances, or helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS).
Jan Brunson, Suman Tamrakar
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Definning an helicopter emergency medical services

, 2022
Helicopter Emergency Medical Services are complementary services to the emergency medical service of developed countries that allow to give medical assistance to remote areas and assist patients who are in a critical situation to be transferred to the hospital as soon as possible providing them with medicalised care on board.
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Assessing safety climate in prehospital settings: testing psychometric properties of a common structural model in a cross-sectional and prospective study

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background Little research exists on patient safety climate in the prehospital context. The purpose of this article is to test and validate a safety climate measurement model for the prehospital environment, and to explore and develop a theoretical model
Leif Inge K. Sørskår, Espen Olsen, Eirik B. Abrahamsen, Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik, Håkon B. Abrahamsen   +4 more
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Pre-hospital anaesthesia and assessment of head injured patients presenting to a UK Helicopter Emergency Medical Service with a high Glasgow Coma Scale: a cohort study [PDF]

, 2019
Duncan Bootland, Caroline Rose, Jack Barrett, Richard Lyon   +3 more
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Survival benefit of helicopter emergency medical services compared to ground emergency medical services in traumatized patients [PDF]

, 2013
Hagen Andruszkow, Rolf Lefering, Michael Frink, Philipp Mommsen, Christian Zeckey, Katharina Rahe, Christian Krettek, Frank Hildebrand   +7 more
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