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Emergency response time and pre-hospital trauma survival rate of the national ambulance service, Greater Accra (January – December 2014)

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2018
BackgroundEvery year, about 1.2 million people die through road traffic crashes worldwide. Majority of these deaths occur in Africa where most of their emergency medical services are underdeveloped.
M. Mahama, E. Kenu, D. Bandoh, A. Zakariah   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Glare of the notice of public policy in emergency from North of Mato Grosso: Integrative literature review

Scientific Electronic Archives, 2015
The study aimed to identify Integrative Review of the factors impeding the implementation of policies for Attention to Emergencies, focusing on pre-hospital care in northen MatoGrosso.
S. R. O. Maier, M. F. Ritter, A. A. S. Jorge, D. L. Z. Agulhó, E. V. Alves, T. R. Boff, A. F. Ferreira, G. A. Silva, L. M. S. Andrade, L. C. Silva   +9 more
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Influence of bystander activation on pre-hospital emergency care response time: systematic review

Emergency Care Journal, 2023
This article presents a systematic review and analysis of grey literature to identify and address gaps in knowledge regarding the role and influence of bystander activation on pre-hospital emergency care (PEC) response time.
Felistus Ndanu Musyoka, Wanja Tenambergen, Job Mapesa, Abdushakur Ndolo, George Agot, Joy China, Lucina Koyio, Carol Ngunu, Martin Mulonzi, Veronica Njeri   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of a comprehensive reservation service for non-emergency registration on appointment registration rate, patient waiting time, patient satisfaction and outpatient volume in a tertiary hospital in China

BMC Health Services Research, 2019
BackgroundIn China, a long waiting time for registration is a common occurrence in many tertiary hospitals. This study aimed to analyze the effects of a comprehensive reservation service for non-emergency registration on appointment registration rate ...
Wanhua Xie, Xiufeng Yang, Xiaojun Cao, Peiying Liu   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Espiritualidade nos serviços de urgência e emergência

Revista Bioética
Resumo É crescente o interesse sobre a relação da espiritualidade com o processo saúde-doença, devido a seu potencial de proteção em situações difíceis, como nos atendimentos de urgência e emergência, que são apontados como causadores de estresse devido ...
Chrisne Santana Biondo, Mariana Oliveira Antunes Ferraz, Mara Lucia Miranda Silva, Sérgio Donha Yarid   +3 more
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Methamphetamine-Induced Cardiomyopathy (MACM) in a Middle-Aged Man; a Case Report

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2018
The development of methamphetamine-associated cardiomyopathy (MACM) represents a severe complication of chronic methamphetamine abuse. MACM-induced irreversible structural and functional changes in the heart can eventually lead to decompensated heart ...
Zulfiqar Qutrio Baloch, Muhammad Hussain, Shabber Agha Abbas, Jorge L. Perez, Muhammad Ayyaz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pre-hospital transfusion of packed red blood cells in 147 patients from a UK helicopter emergency medical service

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2017
BackgroundEarly transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBC) has been associated with improved survival in patients with haemorrhagic shock. This study aims to describe the characteristics of patients receiving pre-hospital blood transfusion and evaluate
R. Lyon, E. de Sausmarez, E. Mcwhirter, G. Wareham, M. Nelson, A. Matthies, A. Hudson, L. Curtis, M. Russell   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Outcome assessment of patients classified through the Manchester Triage System in emergency units in Brazil and Portugal

Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2017
Introduction. The aim was to evaluate the outcomes of patients’ treatment classified according to the Manchester Triage System (MTS) in two large hospitals. Methods. Historical cohort study performed in two hospitals in different countries: one emergency
Helisamara Mota Guedes, Francielli Aparecida Araújo, Domingos Pinto Júnior, José Carlos Amado Martins, Tânia Couto Machado Chianca   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Temporal Fusion Transformer for Long-term Explainable Prediction of Emergency Department Overcrowding [PDF]

, 2022
Emergency Departments (EDs) are a fundamental element of the Portuguese National Health Service, serving as an entry point for users with diverse and very serious medical problems. Due to the inherent characteristics of the ED; forecasting the number of patients using the services is particularly challenging.
arxiv   +1 more source

Pre-hospital triage performance and emergency medical services nurse’s field assessment in an unselected patient population attended to by the emergency medical services: a prospective observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background In Sweden, the rapid emergency triage and treatment system (RETTS-A) is used in the pre-hospital setting. With RETTS-A, patients triaged to the lowest level could safely be referred to a lower level of care.
C. Magnusson, J. Herlitz, C. Axelsson
semanticscholar   +1 more source