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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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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 care in the EMJ [PDF]

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2004
Developments in the prehospital care content of the EMJ There is increasing recognition and acceptance of the view that the emergency medical system should provide seamless and appropriate care from the moment the patient is injured, taken ill, or seeks help.
R, Mackenzie, C, Laird
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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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Development of prehospital care quality indicators for the Australian setting : a modified RAND/UCLA appropriateness method

, 2022
Background Globally, the measurement of quality is an important process that supports the provision of high-quality and safe healthcare services. The requirement for valid quality measurement to gauge improvements and monitor performance is echoed in the
Pap, Robin (R18670), Lockwood, Craig, Simpson, Paul M. (R17584), Stephenson, Matthew   +3 more
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Experience repatriation of citizens from epicentre using commercial flights during COVID-19 pandemic

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries instituted closure of borders from international and local travels. Stranded citizens appeal to their governments to embark on citizen repatriation missions.
Sarah Shaikh Abdul Karim, Fariza Anis Md Tahir, Umul Khair Mohamad, Marlina Abu Bakar, Khairul Nizam Mohamad, Maria Suleiman, Hussein Omar Khan, Julina Md Noor   +7 more
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Prehospital identification of Covid-19: an observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has affected prehospital care systems across the world, but the prehospital presentation of affected patients and the extent to which prehospital care providers are able to identify them ...
Douglas Spangler, Hans Blomberg, David Smekal   +2 more
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Limited need for hospital resources among patients brought to hospital by the emergency medical services

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background In Sweden, the majority of patients who are transported to hospital by the emergency medical services (EMS) are relatively old and the majority suffer from comorbidity. About half these patients are admitted to a hospital ward and will stay in
Carl Magnusson, Helena Ryge, Filip Scott, Johan Herlitz, Christer Axelsson   +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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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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