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Prehospital Transfusion With Red Blood Cells and Fresh Plasma in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services. [PDF]

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
ABSTRACT Background Prehospital administration of blood products is a growing practice. We aimed to describe clinical parameters and mortality following prehospital blood component therapy with red blood cells (RBC) and/or plasma in patients with traumatic and non‐traumatic haemorrhage.
Andersen JB, Risgaard B, Schou R, Dahl M, Hansen TM, Johansson PI, Erikstrup C, Steinmetz J, Fenger-Eriksen C.   +8 more
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Prehospital Management of Traumatic Brain Injury across Europe: A CENTER-TBI Study [PDF]

, 2022
Background Prehospital care for traumatic brain injury (TBI) is important to prevent secondary brain injury. We aim to compare prehospital care systems within Europe and investigate the association of system characteristics with the stability of patients
Citerio G, Lingsma HF, Menon DK, Sewalt CA, Ercole A, von Steinbuchel N, Gravesteijn BY, Wilson L, Maas AIR, CENTER-TBI collaborators, Steyerberg EW, Stocchetti N, Lecky FE   +12 more
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Prehospital tourniquets in civilians: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2020
Objectives: Terrorist attacks and civilian mass-casualty events are frequent, and some countries have implemented tourniquet use for uncontrollable extremity bleeding in civilian settings.
Winberg, Morten, Hval, Gyri, Jeppesen, Elisabeth, Wisborg, Torben, Eilertsen, Kenneth A.   +4 more
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Cerebral oxygen desaturation events during and functional outcomes after prehospital anaesthesia: A prospective pilot study [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND: During prehospital anaesthesia, oxygen delivery to the brain might be inadequate to match the oxygen consumption, with unknown long‐term functional outcomes.
Laukkanen‐Nevala, Päivi, Kirves, Hetti, Piiroinen, Heini, Tukia, Simo, Heini Piiroinen, Laukkanen-Nevala, Päivi, Piritta Setälä, Tommila, Miretta, Karhivuori, Pamela, Anna Olkinuora, Raatiniemi, Lasse, Lasse Raatiniemi, Tuukka Toivonen, Hetti Kirves, Toivonen, Tuukka, Olkinuora, Anna, Jouni Nurmi, Pamela Karhivuori, Simo Tukia, Nurmi, Jouni, Setälä, Piritta, Päivi Laukkanen‐Nevala, Miretta Tommila   +22 more
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Prehospital PEEP for Acute Respiratory Distress: Protocol for a Scoping Review. [PDF]

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
ABSTRACT Background Positive end‐expiratory pressure (PEEP) can improve oxygenation and reduce the work of breathing in patients with acute respiratory distress. In the prehospital setting, systems providing continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), bi‐level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) and adjustable pressure‐limiting (APL) valves are used ...
Wittrock D, Bauer JM, Hägi-Pedersen D, Christensen HC, Mikkelsen S, Brøchner AC.   +5 more
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Use of Coercion or Persuasion in Prehospital Treatment in the Region of Southern Denmark: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
ABSTRACT Background The use of coercion or persuasion raises ethical challenges but may be justified when prehospital patients require immediate treatment and are unable to consent. This study aims to describe the characteristics of coerced or persuaded adult pre‐hospital patients in the Region of Southern Denmark.
Vobbe SH, Bruun H, Brøchner AC, Lassen AT, Lindskou TA, Kløjgård TA, Düring SW, Mikkelsen S.   +7 more
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“Hesitating and Puzzling”: The Experiences and Decision Process of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Prehospital Delay after the Onset of Symptoms

, 2021
Despite campaigns to increase public awareness of stroke symptoms by advocating FAST (Face-Arms-Speech-Time), some stroke patients still show delays in the recognition of and response to stroke symptoms and miss the golden first 4.5 h to receive rt-PA ...
Yu-Wei Chen, Hui-Lin Sun, Pao-Yu Wang, Lee-Ing Tsao, Ying-Tao Lo   +4 more
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A Decision Support Method for Prehospital Emergency Care Based on Ranking the Importance of Physiological Variables

, 2020
To the on-site nursing staff or field management in prehospital emergency care, it seems baffling to conduct more targeted checklist tests for a specific disease.
Shuying Zhao, Guozheng Rao, Li Zhang, Fang Li   +3 more
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Decision-Support Tool in Prehospital Care:A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials [PDF]

, 2011
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the decision supporttool (DST) on the assessment of the acutely ill or injured out-of-hospital patient.Methods: This study included systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials ...
Hagiwara, Magnus,, Magnus Hagiwara, Suserud, Björn-Ove,, Hagiwara, Magnus, Anders Jonsson, Henricson, M, Jonsson, Anders, Maria Henricson, Suserud, Björn-Ove, Björn-Ove Suserud, Jonsson, Anders,   +10 more
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Prehospital Normoventilation in Critically Ill Anaesthetised Patients Cannot Be Reliably Monitored by Capnography-A Retrospective Observational Study. [PDF]

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
ABSTRACT Background End‐tidal carbon dioxide capnography (EtCO2) is widely used to guide intubated patients' ventilation. Current guidelines for prehospital advanced airway management assume a gradient of approximately 0.67 kPa between EtCO2 and arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure (PaCO2).
Tero J, Pirneskoski J, Ljungqvist H, Laamanen J, Nurmi J.   +4 more
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