Pre-hospital Emergency Care [PDF]
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Editorial, Editorial
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Pre-hospital Anaesthesia [PDF]
Effective management of the airway may have the greatest impact on mortality and morbidity of all pre-hospital interventions. The administration of a pre-hospital anaesthetic may not only facilitate effective management and protection of the airway but may also be fundamental to maintaining adequate ventilation and reducing times to definitive ...
R Mackenzie, David Lockey
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Telemedicine in pre-hospital care: a review of telemedicine applications in the pre-hospital environment [PDF]
The right person in the right place and at the right time is not always possible; telemedicine offers the potential to give audio and visual access to the appropriate clinician for patients. Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) in the area of video-to-video communication have led to growth in telemedicine applications in recent ...
P Gilligan+3 more
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Pre-hospital management protocols and perceived difficulty in diagnosing acute heart failure [PDF]
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
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Pre-Hospital Oxygen Therapy [PDF]
Oxygen use in prehospital care is aimed at treating or preventing hypoxemia. However, excess oxygen delivery has important consequences in select patients, and hyperoxia can adversely impact outcome. The unique environment of prehospital care poses logistical and educational challenges.
Richard D. Branson, Jay A. Johannigman
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Pre-hospital analgesia with entonox [PDF]
Pre-hospital self-administered analgesia using a 50:50 mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen (Entonox) was evaluated in 240 patients. Of these, 93.4 per cent experienced either complete or partial relief from traumatic, chest, abdominal or back pain. Drowsiness was the most common side effect noted.
James Enns+5 more
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Patients’ and emergency clinicians’ perceptions of improving pre-hospital pain management: a qualitative study [PDF]
Background: The authors aimed to investigate patients' and practitioners' views and experiences of pre-hospital pain management to inform improvements in care and a patient-centred approach to treatment. Methods: This was a qualitative study involving a
Iqbal, Mohammad+2 more
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Evaluating pre-hospital triage and decision-making in patients who died within 30 days post-trauma: A multi-site, multi-center, cohort study [PDF]
Introduction: Evaluating pre-hospital triage and decision-making in patients who died post-trauma is crucial to decrease undertriage and improve future patients’ chances of survival. A study that has adequately investigated this is currently lacking. The
Pre-hospital Trauma Triage Research Collaborative (PTTRC)
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Using Technology to Enhance Rural Resilience in Pre-hospital Emergencies [PDF]
The research presented in this paper is supported by RCUK dot.rural Digital Economy Research Hub, University of Aberdeen [grant number EP/G066051/1].Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Kindness, Peter+5 more
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Ethnic differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest among Middle Eastern Arabs and North African populations living in Qatar [PDF]
Aims: There are very few studies comparing epidemiology and outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in different ethnic groups. Previous ethnicity studies have mostly determined OHCA differences between African American and Caucasian ...
Alinier, Guillaume+15 more
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