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Prehospital identification of Covid-19: an observational study

open access: yesScandinavian 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sublingual microcirculation does not reflect red blood cell transfusion thresholds in the intensive care unit—a prospective observational study in the intensive care unit

open access: yesCritical Care, 2020
Purpose Hemoglobin (Hb) transfusion thresholds are established in intensive care units. A restrictive transfusion threshold (Hb 70–75 g/l) is recommended in septic patients, and a liberal transfusion threshold (Hb 90 g/l) for cardiogenic shock.
Jonas Scheuzger   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coronavirus lockdown and its impact on mental health of general population

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction On March, Tunisian government imposed lockdown measures on cities to contain the COVID19 outbreak. Media coverage, social distancing, quarantine and isolation led to a global atmosphere of anxiety and depression. Objectives To assess the
M. Dhemaid   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ketamine in prehospital care [PDF]

open access: yesEmergency Medicine Journal, 2004
The relief of pain is an essential component of prehospital care and, when required is usually administered on completion of the primary survey. For simple analgesia morphine sulphate titrated to the clinical response and preceded by an antiemetic is usually effective, for example, in the relief of pain in chest trauma or myocardial infarction.
openaire   +2 more sources

Sublingual microcirculation: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Introduction Sublingual microcirculation monitoring is suitable for bedside use in critically ill patients. We present a case in which severely impaired sublingual microcirculation was the first alarming sign of an early deterioration of the patient’s ...
Jonas D. Scheuzger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergency medical dispatchers’ ability to identify large vessel occlusion stroke during emergency calls

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background In acute ischemic stroke, conjugated eye deviation (CED) is an evident sign of cortical ischemia and large vessel occlusion (LVO). We aimed to determine if an emergency dispatcher can recognise LVO stroke during an emergency call by asking the
Pauli E. T. Vuorinen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prehospital Care [PDF]

open access: yesEmergency Medicine International, 2012
Stephen H. Thomas   +4 more
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Observational study on chest pain during the Covid-19 pandemic: changes and characteristics of visits to a Norwegian emergency department during the lockdown

open access: yesBMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Following the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, reports emerged on decreasing emergency department (ED) visits in many countries. Patients experiencing chest pain was no exception.
Mikkel Grande   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Out‐of‐hospital extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation for refractory ventricular fibrillation: A case report

open access: yesJournal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest survival continues to be dismal with the only recent improvement being that of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E‐CPR) or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), augmented by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...
Jon Marinaro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic accuracy of prehospital serum S100B and GFAP in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a prospective observational multicenter cohort study – “the PreTBI I study”

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background The biomarker serum S100 calcium-binding protein B (S100B) is used in in-hospital triage of adults with mild traumatic brain injury to rule out intracranial lesions.
Sophie-Charlott Seidenfaden   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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