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External validation and insights about the calibration of the return of spontaneous circulation after cardiac arrest (RACA) score

Resuscitation Plus, 2022
Background: The return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after cardiac arrest (RACA) score was developed as a tool to predict ROSC probability (pROSC) based on easily available information and it could be useful to compare the performances of different ...
Lorenzo Gamberini, Chiara Natalia Tartivita, Martina Guarnera, Davide Allegri, Simone Baroncini, Tommaso Scquizzato, Marco Tartaglione, Carlo Alberto Mazzoli, Valentina Chiarini, Cosimo Picoco, Carlo Coniglio, Federico Semeraro, Giovanni Gordini   +12 more
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Prehospital Emergency Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2023
Background: An under-developed and fragmented prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system is a major obstacle to the timely care of emergency patients.
Harikrishna Bhattarai, Sandesh Bhusal, F. Barone-Adesi, I. Hubloue   +3 more
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2022 Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Care

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2022
Introduction Multiple national organizations and federal agencies have promoted the development, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based guidelines (EBGs) for prehospital care.
C. Martin-Gill, K. Brown, R. Cash, Rachel M Haupt, Benjamin T Potts, Christopher T. Richards, P. D. Patterson   +6 more
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A predictive ambulance dispatch algorithm to the scene of a motor vehicle crash: the search for optimal over and under triage rates

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Calls for emergency medical assistance at the scene of a motor vehicle crash (MVC) substantially contribute to the demand on ambulance services.
Ellen Ceklic, Hideo Tohira, Stephen Ball, Elizabeth Brown, Deon Brink, Paul Bailey, Rudolph Brits, Judith Finn   +7 more
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Under-triage of older trauma patients in prehospital care: a systematic review

European Geriatric Medicine, 2021
The systematic review aimed to assess the under-triage rate for older trauma patients in prehospital care and its impact on their outcomes. Older trauma patients were significantly under-triaged in prehospital care and the benefits of triaging these ...
Abdullah Alshibani, Meshal S Alharbi, S. Conroy   +2 more
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A National Survey of Prehospital Care Services of United Kingdom for Use, Governance and Perception of Prehospital Point of Care Ultrasound

POCUS Journal, 2022
Introduction: Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has become a common practice in prehospital care over the last 10 years. There is lack of literature on its use and governance structure in United Kingdom (UK) prehospital care services.
S. Naeem, C. Edmunds, Thomas Hirst, Julia Williams, A. Alzarrad, James Ronaldson, Jon Barratt, East Anglian Air Ambulance Research, Audit, Innovation and Development Group, Pre-hospital Trainee Operated Research Network   +8 more
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Chest Pain Management Using Prehospital Point-of-Care Troponin and Paramedic Risk Assessment.

JAMA Internal Medicine, 2023
Importance Prehospital point-of-care troponin testing and paramedic risk stratification might improve the efficiency of chest pain care pathways compared with existing processes with equivalent health outcomes, but the association with health care costs ...
Luke P. Dawson, E. Nehme, Z. Nehme, E. Zomer, J. Bloom, S. Cox, D. Anderson, M. Stephenson, J. Ball, Jennifer Y. Zhou, J. Lefkovits, Andrew J. Taylor, M. Horrigan, D. Chew, D. Kaye, L. Cullen, C. Mihalopoulos, Karen Smith, D. Stub   +18 more
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Prehospital Stroke Care Part 2: On-Scene Evaluation and Management by Emergency Medical Services Practitioners

Stroke, 2023
The prehospital phase is a critical component of delivering high-quality acute stroke care. This topical review discusses the current state of prehospital acute stroke screening and transport, as well as new and emerging advances in prehospital diagnosis
Christopher T. Richards, J. Oostema, Sherita N. Chapman, Lauren E. Mamer, E. Brandler, A. Alexandrov, A. Czap, J. Martinez‐Gutierrez, C. Martin-Gill, A. Panchal, J. McMullan, K. Zachrison   +11 more
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Prediction of a time-sensitive condition among patients with dizziness assessed by the emergency medical services

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Dizziness is a relatively common symptom among patients who call for the emergency medical services (EMS). Aim To identify factors of importance for the early identification of a time-sensitive condition behind the symptom of dizziness among ...
C. Magnusson, J. Gärskog, E. Lökholm, J. Stenström, R. Wetter, C. Axelsson, M. Andersson Hagiwara, N. Packendorff, K. Jood, T. Karlsson, J. Herlitz   +10 more
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Prehospital emergency care [PDF]

BMJ, 1996
Many of the people who die of trauma, heart attacks, or stroke die within the first hour. Many do not reach hospital. People have thus long recognised the need to improve the emergency services offered to patients before they reach hospital. But research on what happens at that critical time is hard to do.
M, Cooke, T, Hodgetts, R, Smith
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