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Pre-hospital Anaesthesia [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2001
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, D J, Lockey
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Pathfinder; alternative care pathways for older adults who phone the emergency medical services in North Dublin: a case study [PDF]

Irish Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022
Purpose – Emergency Department (ED) presentations in older people are associated with a wide range of adverse events, which increase the risk of lengthy hospitalisation and poor outcomes.
Claire O’Brien, Laura Hogan, Peter Ward, William Howard, Rebecca Mooney, Paul Bernard, Grace Corcoran   +6 more
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Photography tele-transmission by regular ambulance staff for the management of mild traumatic injury: the NiCEPHORE randomised-controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Handling emergency calls in French emergency medical call centres (EMCCs) can be challenging considering the frequent lack of relevant information.
E. Magimel-Pelonnier, N. Marjanovic, R. Couvreur, B. Drugeon, O. Mimoz, J. Guenezan   +5 more
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Pre-Hospital Anaesthesia [PDF]

Survey of Anesthesiology, 2014
Advanced airway management is one of the most controversial areas of pre-hospital trauma care and is carried out by different providers using different techniques in different Emergency Medical Services systems. Pre-hospital anaesthesia is the standard of care for trauma patients arriving in the emergency department with airway compromise.
D J, Lockey, K, Crewdson, H M, Lossius
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Pre-hospital analgesia with entonox [PDF]

Canadian Anaesthetists’ Society Journal, 1982
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.
N, Donen, W A, Tweed, D, White, B, Guttormson, J, Enns   +4 more
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The Effect of Health Education on Providing Basic Life Support (BLS) on Knowledge and Attitudes of the Community in Pre-Hospital Treatment

Magna Medika, 2021
Background: Basic Life Assistance is an emergency measure which is a clinical situation in which patients need immediate medical action to save lives and further disabilities (Law of the Republic of Indonesia number 44 concerning hospitals, 2009), And ...
Budi Cahyono, Suyatno H S, Siswanto Agung Wijaya, Mohammad Kuntadi Syamsul Hidayat   +3 more
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Pre-hospital thrombolysis in perspective [PDF]

European Heart Journal, 2008
To review existing evidence on the role of pre-hospital fibrinolysis in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (MI).Overview of current guidelines and data from trials and registries on the best perfusion approach for acute MI with ST-elevation.
Nicolas, Danchin, Eric, Durand, Didier, Blanchard   +2 more
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Pre-Hospital Oxygen Therapy [PDF]

Respiratory Care, 2013
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 Prognostic Factors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The Difference Between Pediatric and Adult

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
The prognosis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is very poor. Although several pre-hospital factors are associated with survival, the different association of pre-hospital factors with OHCA outcomes in pediatric and adult groups remain unclear. To
Fu-Jen Cheng, Wei-Ting Wu, Shih-Chiang Hung, Yu-Ni Ho, Ming-Ta Tsai, I-Min Chiu, Kuan-Han Wu   +6 more
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Telemedicine in pre-hospital care: a review of telemedicine applications in the pre-hospital environment [PDF]

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
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 ...
Amadi-Obi, Ahjoku, Gilligan, Peadar, Owens, Niall, O’Donnell, Cathal   +3 more
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