Refraining from pre-hospital advanced airway management: a prospective observational study of critical decision making in an anaesthesiologist-staffed pre-hospital critical care service [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: We report prospectively recorded observational data from consecutive cases in which the attending pre-hospital critical care anaesthesiologist considered performing pre-hospital advanced airway management but decided to withhold such ...
Else Tønnesen+3 more
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Pre-hospital thrombolysis in perspective [PDF]
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+2 more
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The pre-hospital care conference [PDF]
The Pre-hospital Care Conference was the third and final day of the London Trauma Conference. The first speaker, Professor Malcolm Woollard, Director, Pre-hospital, Emergency & Cardiovascular Care Applied Research Unit, Coventry University, spoke on Needle Decompression of the Chest – fact or fiction?
Kate Crewdson, Julian Thompson
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Priority accuracy by dispatch centers and Emergency Medical Services professionals in trauma patients: a cohort study [PDF]
Purpose: Priority-setting by dispatch centers and Emergency Medical Services professionals has a major impact on pre-hospital triage and times of trauma patients. Patients requiring specialized care benefit from expedited transport to higher-level trauma
for the Pre-hospital Trauma Triage Research Collaborative (PTTRC)
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Pre-Hospital Anaesthesia [PDF]
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.
Hans Morten Lossius+4 more
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Pre-Hospital Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation [PDF]
International ...
Matteo Pozzi+5 more
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Recurrent themes ran through the first and second day of London’s trauma conference. The need for identification and effective management of time critical pathology at the point of care was particularly emphasised. Delegates heard of developments in the understanding of the pathophysiology affecting pre-hospital patients, secondary to trauma, cardiac ...
N Pritchard, F Bird
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Pre-hospital transfusion of plasma in hemorrhaging trauma patients independently improves hemostatic competence and acidosis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The early use of blood products has been associated with improved patient outcomes following severe hemorrhage or traumatic injury. We aimed to investigate the influence of pre-hospital blood products (i.e.
Bryan A. Cotton+9 more
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Effect of Suction Assisted Laryngoscopy Airway Decontamination (SALAD) Training on Intubation Quality Metrics [PDF]
Introduction: VCU Health Critical Care Transport Network paramedics and nurses provide emergency scene response and interfacility transport through Virginia Pre-hospital RSI is a high-risk procedure employed by these providers A quality assurance ...
Barmaan, Benjamin
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Triumph of hope over experience: learning from interventions to reduce avoidable hospital admissions identified through an Academic Health and Social Care Network. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Internationally health services are facing increasing demands due to new and more expensive health technologies and treatments, coupled with the needs of an ageing population.
Al Sharifi, H+7 more
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