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Medical emergency motorcycle – is it useful in a Scandinavian Emergency Medical Service? [PDF]

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2009
Medical emergency motorcycles (MEM) can be used in time-critical conditions like cardiac arrest and multi-traumatized patients in an attempt to reduce the response time. Other potential benefits with MEM are more efficient patient evaluation, reduction of unnecessary EMS car ambulance missions and reduced cost.
Bjørn Bjelland   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Knowledge, confidence and attitude of primary care doctors in managing in-flight medical emergencies: a cross-sectional survey.

open access: yesSingapore medical journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION Medical emergencies occur at a rate of one in 604‒753 flights. Doctors travelling on commercial flights may encounter an in-flight medical emergency requiring their assistance.
W. Ng, Nurdiana Abdullah
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Medical emergencies in dental practice

open access: yesFogorvosi Szemle, 2020
The number of the medical emergencies in the dental office presumably will increase due to the prolonged duration of the interventions, the increased utilization of anesthesia and the stress of fear.
Péter Felkai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Medical Emergency Team [PDF]

open access: yesAnaesthesia and Intensive Care, 1995
The concept of a Medical Emergency Team was developed in order to rapidly identify and manage seriously ill patients at risk of cardiopulmonary arrest and other high-risk conditions. The aim of this study was to describe the utilization and outcome of Medical Emergency Team interventions over a one-year period at a teaching hospital in South Western ...
Anna Lee   +3 more
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Urban Heat Islets: Street Segments, Land Surface Temperatures, and Medical Emergencies During Heat Advisories.

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Public Health, 2020
Objectives. To examine the relationships among environmental characteristics, temperature, and health outcomes during heat advisories at the geographic scale of street segments.Methods. We combined multiple data sets from Boston, Massachusetts, including
D. O’Brien   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation challenges in selected Botswana hospitals: Nurse managers’ views

open access: yesHealth SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2013
Road traffic accident victims, as well as persons experiencing cardiac and other medical emergencies, might lose their lives due to the non-availability of trained personnel to provide effective cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with functional ...
Lakshmi Rajeswaran, Valerie J. Ehlers
doaj   +1 more source

In-Flight Medical Emergencies [PDF]

open access: yesDeutsches Ärzteblatt international, 2012
One in every 10 000 to 40 000 passengers on commercial aircraft will have a medical incident while on board. Many physicians are unaware of the special features of the cabin atmosphere, the medical equipment available on airplanes, and the resulting opportunities for medical intervention.A selective literature search was performed and supplemented with
Uwe Stüben, Jürgen Graf, Stefan Pump
openaire   +3 more sources

Management of In-Flight Medical Emergencies: Are Senior Medical Students Prepared to Respond to this Community Need?

open access: yesWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Introduction: In-flight medical emergencies on commercial aircraft are common in both domestic and international flights. We hypothesized that fourth-year medical students feel inadequately prepared to lend assistance during in-flight medical emergencies.
Robert J. Katzer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Training in medical emergencies [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 1994
EDITOR, - R J Burden and J Handel voice fears felt commonly by junior medical staff, particularly by newly qualified doctors undertaking their first post as a preregistration house officer.1 I agree that formal training in the management of common medical emergencies would improve the quality of medical training …
openaire   +3 more sources

Medical Emergencies in Pediatric Dentistry

open access: yesActa Stomatologica Croatica, 2016
Medical emergencies that are life threatening can occur in dental practice. Complications may arise because of an underlying disease or a reaction to medication. Reactions to medications may be allergic and toxic.
Dubravka NEGOVETIĆ VRANIĆ   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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