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The prevalence of hypotension and hypoxaemia in the prehospital setting of traumatic brain injury in Johannesburg, Gauteng [PDF]

, 2013
Includes abstract.
Stassen, Willem
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Optimization of Nonambulant Mass Casualty Decontamination Protocols as Part of an Initial or Specialist Operational Response to Chemical Incidents [PDF]

, 2018
© 2018 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis.© 2018 Robert P. Chilcott, Hannah Mitchell, Hazem Matar. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License ...
Chilcott, Robert P., Matar, Hazem, Mitchell, Hannah   +2 more
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Prehospital diagnosis and management of supraventricular tachycardia – a scoping review

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs) are tachyarrhythmias that may result in haemodynamic instability and require prompt recognition and management in the prehospital setting. Current guidelines recommend a stepwise approach— vagal manoeuvres,
Lorenzo Gamberini, Federico Moro, Claudia Dallari, Silvia Cavagna, Paolo Pallavicini, Alessandra Bagioni, Giulia Scurria, Valeria Carinci, Federico Semeraro, Carlo Coniglio, Marco Tartaglione   +10 more
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Utility of Fear Severity and Individual Resilience Scoring as a Surge Capacity, Triage Management Tool during Large-Scale, Bio-event Disasters [PDF]

, 2006
Threats of bioterrorism and emerging infectious disease pandemics may result in fear related consequences. Fear based signs and symptoms, if left undetected and untreated, may be extremely debilitating and lead to chronic problems with risk of permanent ...
Bracha, H. Stefan, Burkle Jr., Frederick M.   +1 more
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Baden Prevention and Reduction of Incidence of Postoperative Delirium Trial (PRIDe): a phase IV multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial of ketamine versus haloperidol for prevention of postoperative delirium

Trials, 2018
Background Delirium is a neurobehavioural syndrome that frequently develops in the postoperative setting. The incidence of elderly patients who develop delirium during hospital stay ranges from 10-80%.
Harriet Riegger, Alexa Hollinger, Burkhardt Seifert, Katharina Toft, Andrea Blum, Tatjana Zehnder, Martin Siegemund   +6 more
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Are There Options to Prevent Early Occurring Deaths in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Prospective Evaluation of All < 24 h In-Hospital Deaths, 2004-2006-The MONICA/KORA Augsburg Infarction Registry [PDF]

, 2010
Objectives: To provide valid clinical data of early in-hospital deaths with presumed acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who are often not included in clinical trials or registries.
Ehmann, Anja, Greschik, Claudia, Kling, Birgitt, Kuch, Bernhard, Meisinger, Christa, Scheidt, Wolfgang von   +5 more
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Emergency Medical Services Calls for Service at Adult Detention Centers: A Descriptive Study

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Incarcerated individuals represent a vulnerable sector of society, with a disproportionate burden of substance use, mental health problems, and chronic illness.
Jeffrey N. Wood, Aaron B. Klassen, Matthew D. Sztajnkrycer   +2 more
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A case study framework for design and evaluation of a national project to improve prehospital care of myocardial infarction and stroke [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) affects 1.8% of the population annually, 0.9% with stroke and 0.8% with coronary heart disease. People suffering from CVD often present acutely to ambulance services with symptoms of acute myocardial infarction or
Davy, Zowie, Essam, Nadya, Shaw, Deborah, Siriwardena, A. Niroshan, Spaight, Anne   +4 more
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Pre-hospital cardiac arrest: a call for moral agency in modern medical practice

BMC Medical Ethics
This article features an exemplary case of a terminally ill man with a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order who is subject to a resuscitation attempt after suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).
Christina Louise Joerck, Alexander Sejr Skovbo Kristensen, Martin Holdgaard Lunding, Lars Grassmé Binderup, Lotte Huniche, Mette Aaby Smith, Søren Mikkelsen, Henriette Bruun   +7 more
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Ketamine in prehospital care [PDF]

Emergency 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