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Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1993
To improve patient outcome and reduce time at the scene, treatment protocols for specific injuries and rapid transport should be established with individual systems. These standards should be based on such parameters as history, mechanism of injury, physiologic status of the patient on arrival, triage criteria, and predicted transport times.
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To improve patient outcome and reduce time at the scene, treatment protocols for specific injuries and rapid transport should be established with individual systems. These standards should be based on such parameters as history, mechanism of injury, physiologic status of the patient on arrival, triage criteria, and predicted transport times.
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Controversies in Prehospital Care
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1990Many controversies exist in prehospital care. The most visible from a physiologic point of view are what is done in the field, how thorough medical accountability should be, and what amount of education is required for EMTs to perform their jobs correctly. The bottom line is good patient care. Such care cannot be achieved without the proper ingredients.
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Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2014
Background: The global burden of stroke is immense, both in medical and economic terms. With the aging population and the ongoing industrialization of the third world, stroke prevalence is expected to increase and will have a major effect on national health expenditures.
Yperzeele, Laetitia +7 more
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Background: The global burden of stroke is immense, both in medical and economic terms. With the aging population and the ongoing industrialization of the third world, stroke prevalence is expected to increase and will have a major effect on national health expenditures.
Yperzeele, Laetitia +7 more
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Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2000
Concepts regarding uniform reporting of data after trauma and regarding treatment of brain trauma patients at the scene have recently been agreed upon in consensus processes. Endotracheal intubation and alternatives are as controversially discussed as fluid resuscitation and helicopter transport of trauma victims.
W F, Dick, W, Mauritz
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Concepts regarding uniform reporting of data after trauma and regarding treatment of brain trauma patients at the scene have recently been agreed upon in consensus processes. Endotracheal intubation and alternatives are as controversially discussed as fluid resuscitation and helicopter transport of trauma victims.
W F, Dick, W, Mauritz
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Inadequacy of prehospital emergency care
Critical Care Medicine, 1973A 1972 survey to evaluate the prehospital emergency care in the City of Pittsburgh revealed that only 38% of the urgent and critically ill patients were adeguately managed enroute to the hospital. Similar levels of Performance of prehospital emergency care probably exist in most urban, suburban and rural areas of the country.
D M, Benson, C, Stewart
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European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1998
Prehospital care is a diverse and complex entity. Recent studies have begun to emphasize the importance of all aspects of care in the community, leading through to critical analysis of the process of prehospital care provision. This paper examines the various aspects of prehospital care and discusses the various elements which need to be considered to ...
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Prehospital care is a diverse and complex entity. Recent studies have begun to emphasize the importance of all aspects of care in the community, leading through to critical analysis of the process of prehospital care provision. This paper examines the various aspects of prehospital care and discusses the various elements which need to be considered to ...
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The Future of Prehospital Critical Care
Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 2022As technology improves, the capabilities of prehospital providers increase. Innovations and realizations from military counterparts are being transitioned to civilian emergency care with the same hopes of increasing survivability of patients. Looking to the future, the incorporation of drone aircraft in the critical care field will likely impact the ...
Adam, Johnson +2 more
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Challenges to Prehospital Care in Honduras
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2018Abstract Through a longitudinal field experience and interviews with rural and urban clinic workers in Honduras, the following data were collated regarding the challenges to prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in this country. In Honduras, both private and public organizations provide prehospital emergency care for citizens and face both ...
Haley E, Bast, J Lee, Jenkins
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Prehospital Trauma Care in Singapore
Prehospital Emergency Care, 2014Prehospital emergency care in Singapore has taken shape over almost a century. What began as a hospital-based ambulance service intended to ferry medical cases was later complemented by an ambulance service under the Singapore Fire Brigade to transport trauma cases.
Andrew Fu Wah, Ho +7 more
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Haemostatic dressings in prehospital care
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2012Massive haemorrhage still accounts for up to 40% of mortality after traumatic injury. The importance of limiting blood loss after injury in order to prevent its associated complications has led to rapid advances in the development of dressings for haemostatic control.
Adam Hewitt, Smith +3 more
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