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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
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A Comprehensive Emergency Psychiatric Service in a General Hospital [PDF]

Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal, 1971
Rapid developments in general hospital outpatient psychiatry reflect increasing demands from the community for such setvices. Combining the outpatient caseload and Emergency Room psychiatric patients, nearly 2,500 patients per year were under care. To provide better care a new emergency intake service has been established, with a 72-hour limit of ...
Yung C, Straker M, Weiss L
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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
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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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Evaluation of Pre-School (0-6) Age Group Trauma Patients Etiology

Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Objective: Trauma is one of the most important reasons of death in the pediatric age group. The aim of this study is to analyze the relation between the trauma type, trauma time, and the way of arrival to the hospital and to examine the causes of ...
Bahri Atlı, Şevki Hakan Eren, Abuzer Coşkun, İlhan Korkmaz, Mehmet Eren   +4 more
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Emergency medical dispatch recognition, clinical intervention and outcome of patients in traumatic cardiac arrest from major trauma : an observational study [PDF]

, 2018
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe the demographics of reported traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA ...
de Coverly, Richard, Jeyanathan, J, Lyon, Richard M., Prentice, C., Williams, Julia   +4 more
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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
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Do we need to enlarge emergency services or new emergency hospitals?

Medical Science and Discovery, 2021
Objective: It was aimed to obtain a notion about the needed hospital bed capacity by analyzing the number of hospitalizations and referrals from the ER in this study. Material and Method: This study is a retrospective, analytical cross-sectional research.
Durmus,Ensar, Guneysu,Fatih
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Effects of screening and brief intervention on alcohol consumption in an emergency department [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2020
Objective Alcohol use is associated with high levels of morbidity and mortality. Alcohol problems are common in emergency departments (EDs). This study investigated the effect of screening and a new brief intervention (BI) protocol on alcohol consumption
Soo Chul Im, Duk Hee Lee
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Sustained health-economic effects after reorganisation of a Swiss hospital emergency centre : a cost comparison study [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Emergency departments (EDs) are increasingly overcrowded by walk-in patients. However, little is known about health-economic consequences resulting from long waiting times and inefficient use of specialised resources.
Brügger, Urs, Bögli, Karin, Chmiel, Corinne, Eichler, Klaus, Hess, Sascha, Rosemann, Thomas, Senn, Oliver, Sidler, Patrick   +7 more
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