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The living experience of surviving out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest and spiritual meaning making

Nursing Open, 2023
Aim To understand the meaning of surviving out of hospital cardiac arrest and its aftereffects among Greek‐speaking survivors. Design Hermeneutical phenomenological method based on Martin Heidegger's philosophy.
Maria Aristidou, Maria Karanikola, Elizabeth Kusi‐Appiah, Anna Koutroubas, Usha Pant, Foteini Vouzavali, Ekaterini Lambrinou, Elizabeth Papathanassoglou   +7 more
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Therapeutic inertia in proteinuria management among type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients in primary care settings: prevalence and associated risk factors

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background Therapeutic inertia (TI), defined as physicians’ failure to increase therapy when treatment goals are unmet, is an impediment to chronic disease management. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of TI in proteinuria management among T2DM
FU Leung Chan, Yim Chu Li, Xiao Rui Catherine Chen   +2 more
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Administration of epinephrine by advanced emergency medical technicians for out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest in a rural emergency medical services system

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021
Objective Epinephrine in out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains controversial and understudied in rural emergency medical services (EMS) systems.
Jared J. Bomba, Jamie Benson, David Hosmer, Daniel Wolfson   +3 more
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Expedited transport versus continued on-scene resuscitation for refractory out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Resuscitation Plus, 2023
Background: The benefit of rapid transport from the scene to definitive in-hospital care versus extended on-scene resuscitation in out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is uncertain.
Brian Burns, Henry R. Hsu, Anthony Keech, Yating Huang, David H. Tian, Andrew Coggins, Mark Dennis   +6 more
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Contemporary Management of Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory: Current Status and Future Directions

Interventional Cardiology: Reviews, Research, Resources, 2019
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in developed countries and remains an important public health burden.
Nilesh Pareek, Peter Kordis, Ian Webb, Marko Noc, Philip MacCarthy, Jonathan Byrne   +5 more
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Out‐of‐hospital extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation for refractory ventricular fibrillation: A case report

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest survival continues to be dismal with the only recent improvement being that of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E‐CPR) or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), augmented by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...
Jon Marinaro, Sundeep Guliani, Todd Dettmer, Kimberly Pruett, Doug Dixon, Darren Braude   +5 more
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360 virtual reality pediatric mass casualty incident: A cross sectional observational study of triage and out‐of‐hospital intervention accuracy at a national conference

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020
Objective With adolescent mass casualty incidents (MCI) on the rise, out‐of‐hospital readiness is critical to optimize disaster response. We sought to test the feasibility and acceptability of a 360 Virtual Reality (360 VR) platform for disaster event ...
Jason Lowe, Cynthia Peng, Christopher Winstead‐Derlega, Henry Curtis   +3 more
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Shortening Ambulance Response Time Increases Survival in Out‐of‐Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020
Background The ambulance response time in out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) has doubled over the past 30 years in Sweden. At the same time, the chances of surviving an OHCA have increased substantially.
Johan Holmén, Johan Herlitz, Sven‐Erik Ricksten, Anneli Strömsöe, Eva Hagberg, Christer Axelsson, Araz Rawshani   +6 more
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A prospective, internal validation of an emergency patient triage tool for use in a low resource setting

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
Aim: Assess the performance of a simple triage disposition score based on mental status, mobility and either oxygen saturation or respiratory rate by three principal metrics: 24 h mortality, the need for hospital admission and the urgency ranking of ...
Brian Kikomeko, George Mutiibwa, Pauline Nabatanzi, Alfred Lumala, John Kellett   +4 more
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Saudi Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Registry: study protocol

Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background: Cardiac arrest is a major global health concern. It accounts for almost 30% of the global mortality rate, with a poor survival rate for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, with worse survival rate for Out-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA).
Abdulrhman Alghamdi, Nawfal Aljerian, Omar Aldibasi, Alanowd Alghaith, Noura Alquraishi, Mohammed Alwarhi, Abdullah Alabdali, SOHAR collaborators   +7 more
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