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Conceptual Design and Parametric Optimization of a New Multileveled Horsetail Structure for Bicycle Helmets

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView., 2023
This study aims to explore the feasibility of using a structure inspired by the features of horsetail and human spine as the potential helmet liner, targeting at mitigation of acceleration‐induced injuries. A parametric study is conducted to investigate the effect of individual geometrical variables in the design, indicating its capability to reduce ...
Bing Leng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extraordinary Emergencies: Reproducing Moral Discourses of the Child in Institutional Interaction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This report uses audio recorded telephone calls and textual data from an emergency medical services call center to examine the interactional practices through which speakers produce what we call “extraordinary emergencies”, treating the events concerned ...
Rafaely, Daniella, Whitehead, Kevin A
core  

Pre-hospital management protocols and perceived difficulty in diagnosing acute heart failure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Aim To illustrate the pre-hospital management arsenals and protocols in different EMS units, and to estimate the perceived difficulty of diagnosing suspected acute heart failure (AHF) compared with other common pre-hospital conditions.
Banaszewski, Marek   +77 more
core   +1 more source

A Fault-Tolerant Emergency-Aware Access Control Scheme for Cyber-Physical Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Access control is an issue of paramount importance in cyber-physical systems (CPS). In this paper, an access control scheme, namely FEAC, is presented for CPS. FEAC can not only provide the ability to control access to data in normal situations, but also
Lu, Dongze   +3 more
core   +1 more source

New Zealand emergency nurses knowledge about forensic science and its application to practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Violence is a major public health problem worldwide. Emergency nurses are often in a unique position to identify, assess, evaluate, and treat these patients, but there is limited forensic knowledge and skills to enable emergency nurses to feel confident ...
Donaldson, Andrea
core   +1 more source

A man with an alcoholic‐related duodenal perforation after losing his job due to the SARS‐COV‐2 pandemic

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2021
Pneumoperitoneum is a medical emergency, diagnosed by subdiaphragmatic free air upon X‐ray. The underlying cause, in this case a perforated duodenal ulcer from increased alcohol intake, must also be identified and treated. Public health crisis can impact
Dana Mahdi, Mohamed Adam Ali
doaj   +1 more source

Community-acquired pneumonia as medical emergency: predictors of early deterioration

open access: yesThorax, 2015
Background Early organ dysfunction determines the prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and recognition of CAP as a medical emergency has been advocated.
M. Kolditz   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department attendances and acute medical admissions

open access: yesBMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background To better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital healthcare, we studied activity in the emergency department (ED) and acute medicine department of a major UK hospital.
M. Reschen   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Why and when citizens call for emergency help: an observational study of 211,193 medical emergency calls

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2015
BackgroundA medical emergency call is citizens’ access to pre-hospital emergency care and ambulance services. Emergency medical dispatchers are gatekeepers to provision of pre-hospital resources and possibly hospital admissions.
T. P. Møller   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Working as an EMT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The work of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) is often the difference between life and death for a patient. EMTs respond to various medical emergencies including car accidents, heart attacks, slips and falls of the elderly, childbirth, and gunshot ...
Mietlicki, Robert
core   +1 more source

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