The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network: a history of multicenter collaboration in the United States. [PDF]
In this article, we review the history and progress of a large multicenter research network pertaining to emergency medical services for children. We describe the history, organization, infrastructure, and research agenda of the Pediatric Emergency Care ...
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A group of Polish experts in cardiology and emergency medicine, encouraged by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines, have recently published common recommendations for medical emergency teams regarding the pre-hospital management of ...
J. Kubica+35 more
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Medical emergency motorcycle – is it useful in a Scandinavian Emergency Medical Service? [PDF]
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
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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]
© 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 ...
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Association of Pediatric Medical Emergency Teams With Hospital Mortality
Background: Implementation of medical emergency teams has been identified as a potential strategy to reduce hospital deaths, because these teams respond to patients with acute physiological decline in an effort to prevent in-hospital cardiac arrest ...
S. Kutty+5 more
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Amputation in emergency situations: indications, techniques and Médecins Sans Frontières France's experience in Haiti [PDF]
PURPOSE: The decision to amputate is always difficult but becomes even harder in emergency situations, which usually present extra complicating factors.
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Innovative Approaches to Emergency Medical Services Fellowship Challenges [PDF]
Introduction: Since the development of an Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited emergency medical services (EMS) fellowship, there has been little published literature on effective methods of content delivery or training ...
Colella, M. Riccardo+5 more
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The Medical Emergency Team [PDF]
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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What If I Do Not Match? Scrambling for a Spot and Going Outside the Match. [PDF]
Matching into emergency medicine (EM) is getting progressively more competitive. Applicants must therefore prepare for the possibility of not matching and, accordingly, be ready to participate in the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP).
Cheaito, Mohamad Ali+7 more
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The condition of pre-hospital emergency ambulance equipment in Guilan province Iran [PDF]
Objective (s): Pre-hospital emergency centers need proper equipment and facilities to provide adequate and satisfactory services. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare the pre-hospital emergency equipment in Guilan province with the pre-hospital ...
Mohammadmehdi Bakihashemi+2 more
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