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5. Prehospital management

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Abstract This chapter outlines the essential requirements for emergency responses to severe injuries. It emphasises the critical steps healthcare professionals must take in urgent situations, including: Rapid assessment and triage to prioritise treatment; Techniques for controlling massive external haemorrhages to prevent life ...
Čretnik, Andrej, Pfeifer, Roman
openaire   +3 more sources

Procedural and Therapy Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: A Framework for Safety, Quality and Patient‐Centred Care

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To introduce a novel conceptual framework that differentiates peripheral intravenous catheters according to their dwell time and therapeutic purpose, in order to improve the suitability of material choice, safety and cost‐effectiveness. Design Concept based on clinical guidelines, expert consensus and recent peer‐reviewed evidence.
Bertrand Drugeon, Claire M. Rickard, Nathan Peters, Vineet Chopra, Olivier Mimoz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The use of strong analgesics for prehospital pain management in children in the region of Southern Denmark: a register-based study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Acute pain in the prehospital setting is frequent and prehospital pain management presents multiple challenges, especially in children. There is a lack of high-level evidence regarding prehospital pain management in the paediatric population ...
Josefine Tvede Colding-Jørgensen, Gina Maj Graven Brandstrup, Vibe Maria Laden Nielsen, Josefine Gradman, Line Anker Bang Thybo, Peter Martin Hansen, Daniel Wittrock, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen, Søren Mikkelsen   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of capillary β‐hydroxybutyrate cut‐off levels for the exclusion and identification of diabetic ketoacidosis

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, EarlyView.
Potential application of capillary β‐OHB in triaging patients by emergency services. ABSTRACT Aims/Introduction Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute, life‐threatening emergency that can arise as a complication of diabetes mellitus. We sought to examine the literature regarding capillary β‐OHB testing levels that can inform cut‐offs and help ...
Nghiep Tran, Steven James, Ben Nash, Frank Gao, Scott Bennetts, David O'Neal, Michele Gaca, Loren Sher, Elif I. Ekinci   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survival of the fastest? A descriptive analysis of severely injured trauma patients primarily admitted or secondarily transferred to major trauma centers in a Danish inclusive trauma system

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Trauma systems are crucial for enhancing survival and quality of life for trauma patients. Understanding trauma triage and patient outcomes is essential for optimizing resource allocation and trauma care.
Thea Palsgaard Møller, Josefine Tangen Jensen, Roar Borregaard Medici, Søren Steemann Rudolph, Lars Bredevang Andersen, Jakob Roed, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen, Mark Edwards   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Which symptoms pose the highest risk in patients calling for an ambulance? A population-based cohort study from Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Emergency medical service patients are a vulnerable population and the risk of mortality is considerable. In Denmark, healthcare professionals receive 112-emergency calls and assess the main reason for calling.
Stine Ibsen, Tim Alex Lindskou, Christian H. Nickel, Torben Kløjgård, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Morten Breinholt Søvsø   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prehospital Risk Stratification Using Unsupervised Machine Learning in STEMI. [PDF]

Eur J Clin Invest
Machine learning identified three phenotypes with 30‐day mortality of 3.4%, 22.1%, and 75%. Phenotype‐2 reveals an "occult high‐risk" group: hemodynamically stable yet six‐fold higher mortality. ABSTRACT Background ST‐elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) exhibits substantial clinical heterogeneity complicating prehospital risk stratification ...
Ramos-Rodríguez A, López-Izquierdo R, Del Pozo Vegas C, Plaza-Martín M, Tapia-Ballesteros C, Delgado Benito JF, Sanz-García A, Martín-Rodríguez F.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Speech Recognition Technology: Improving Speed and Accuracy of Emergency Medical Services Documentation to Protect Patients [PDF]

, 2018
Because hospital errors, such as mistakes in documentation, cause one in six deaths each year in the United States, the accuracy of health records in the emergency medical services (EMS) must be improved.
Tran, Tan
core   +2 more sources

Manejo analgésico en prehospital [PDF]

, 2021
Gastón D. Martínez-Sedas
openalex   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap Between the ED and Home: The Community Paramedic‐Led Transitions Intervention for Persons Living With Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than 6 million persons living with dementia (PLWD) in the United States rely on the emergency department (ED) for unscheduled care, with up to half discharged home after treatment. The ED‐to‐home transition poses significant challenges for PLWD and their care partners (referred to as “dyads”), contributing to high rates of ED revisits and
Meghan Jenkins Morales, Stephanie Ricketts, Corita R. Grudzen, Abraham A. Brody, Joshua Chodosh, Keith Goldfeld, Manish N. Shah, ED‐LEAD Investigators, Lauren Abbate, Rebecca Anthopolos, Alicia Arbaje, Fernanda Bellolio, Jonathan Berkowitz, Andrea Blome, Erik Jonathan Blutinger, Justin Kenneth Brooten, Reed Caldwell, Christopher Caspers, Nathaniel Chin, Edward Cisek, Valerie Cotter, Jeremy Thomas Cushman, Dan David, Allison L. Ducharme‐Smith, Scott Dresden, Mary Ellen Dupont, Marie Carmelle Elie, Andra Farcas, Bucky Ferozan, Jori Fleisher, Nicholas Genes, Cameron Gettel, Andrea Gilmore‐Bykovski, Scott Goldberg, Elizabeth Goldberg, Satheesh Gunaga, Heather Heaton, Courtney Jones, Maura Kennedy, Timmy Li, Joseph Miller, Brian Mittman, Kei Ouchi, Brian W. Patterson, Jennifer Portz, Alex Quinones, Ashley Shreves, Michelle Simpson, Silas Smith, Payal Sud, Joe Suyama, Scotty Thomas, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Ian Wittman, Nancy Wood   +54 more
wiley   +1 more source