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Prehospital resuscitation [PDF]
Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open, 2021 Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death in young people in the USA. Our knowledge of prehospital resuscitation is constantly evolving and is often informed by research based on military experience. A move toward balanced blood product resuscitation and away from excessive crystalloid use has led to improvements in outcomes for trauma patients ...
Martin Schreiber, Alexandra M P Brito
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Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2022 The prehospital emergency airway management is a key moderating factor for patient survival and mortality rates. There has been much debate around the optimum method of prehospital emergency airway management. This commentary critically appraises a recent systematic review which assesses the harms and benefits of three different airway management ...
Bell, Steve +3 more
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Prehospital care in Indonesia [PDF]
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2005 Indonesia is a huge, diverse, and developing country that until recently had no public ambulance service let alone a system of prehospital care. It commonly experiences many natural disasters, manmade conflicts, and violence as well as the daily emergencies seen worldwide.Hospitals of varying standards are widespread but have no system of emergency ...
E, Pitt, A, Pusponegoro
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Traumatic cardiac arrest – a nationwide Danish study
BMC Emergency Medicine, 2023 Background Cardiac arrest following trauma is a leading cause of death, mandating urgent treatment. This study aimed to investigate and compare the incidence, prognostic factors, and survival between patients suffering from traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA)
Signe Amalie Wolthers +8 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022 Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been shown to be elevated among first responders (Emergency Medical Services, fire service, police force) compared to the general population.
Bjørn Ole Reid +5 more
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The utility of the prehospital electrocardiogram [PDF]
CJEM, 2011 ABSTRACTObjectives:The 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) can capture valuable information in the prehospital setting. By the time patients are assessed by an emergency department (ED) physician, their symptoms and any ECG changes may have resolved. We sought to determine whether the prehospital electrocardiogram (pECG) could influence ED management and ...
Matthew T, Davis +4 more
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Prehospital care in the EMJ [PDF]
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2004 Developments in the prehospital care content of the EMJ There is increasing recognition and acceptance of the view that the emergency medical system should provide seamless and appropriate care from the moment the patient is injured, taken ill, or seeks help.
R, Mackenzie, C, Laird
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BMC Emergency Medicine, 2019 Background The prehospital care of patients with sepsis are commonly performed by the emergency medical services. These patients may be critically ill and have high in-hospital mortality rates.
Agnes Olander +5 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives This study aimed to compare hospital admission and 30-day mortality between patients assessed by the prehospital assessment unit (PAU) and patients not assessed by the PAU.Design This was a matched cohort study.Setting This study was conducted
Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg +7 more
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Pre-hospital cardiac arrest: a call for moral agency in modern medical practice
BMC Medical EthicsThis article features an exemplary case of a terminally ill man with a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order who is subject to a resuscitation attempt after suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Christina Louise Joerck +7 more
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