Effect of Trans-Nasal Evaporative Intra-arrest Cooling on Functional Neurologic Outcome in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest : The PRINCESS Randomized Clinical Trial [PDF]
, 2019 © 2019 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.Importance: Therapeutic hypothermia may increase survival with good neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest.
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Prehospital Airway Management: A Systematic Review
Prehospital Emergency Care, 2021 Objective: To assess comparative benefits and harms across three airway management approaches (bag valve mask [BVM], supraglottic airway [SGA], and endotracheal intubation [ETI]) used by prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) to treat patients with
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Supporting research and development in ambulance services: research for better healthcare in prehospital settings [PDF]
, 2010 Background This paper discusses recent developments in research support for ambulance trusts in England and Wales and how this could be designed to lead to better implementation, collaboration in and initiation of high-quality research to support a truly
Donohoe, R +3 more
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Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock
New England Journal of Medicine, 2018 Background After a person has been injured, prehospital administration of plasma in addition to the initiation of standard resuscitation procedures in the prehospital environment may reduce the risk of downstream complications from hemorrhage and shock ...
J. Sperry +24 more
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JAMA Surgery, 2020 Importance In-hospital administration of tranexamic acid after injury improves outcomes in patients at risk for hemorrhage. Data demonstrating the benefit and safety of the pragmatic use of tranexamic acid in the prehospital phase of care are lacking for
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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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Ethnic Minorities and their Health Needs: Crisis of Perception and Behaviours [PDF]
, 2014 There is considerable evidence to suggest that racial and ethnic disparities exist in the provision of emergency and wider healthcare. The importance of collecting patient ethnic data has received attention in literature across the world and eliminating ...
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Prehospital norepinephrine administration reduces 30-day mortality among septic shock patients
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Despite differences in time of sepsis recognition, recent studies support that early initiation of norepinephrine in patients with septic shock (SS) improves outcome without an increase in adverse effects.
R. Jouffroy +9 more
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The future of ischemic stroke: flow from prehospital neuroprotection to definitive reperfusion. [PDF]
, 2014 Recent advances in ischemic stroke enable a seamless transition of the patient flow from the prehospital setting to definitive reperfusion, without the arbitrary separation of therapeutic phases of ischemia based on time alone.
Ip, Hing Lung, Liebeskind, David S
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The Utilization of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in a Prehospital Setting
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Prehospital ultrasounds can be considered a new form of diagnostic tool when taking into account their small structure and due to the fact that nowadays, they are used in the care of emergency patients.
Kamonwon Ienghong +4 more
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