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

Scandinavian 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, Jyrki P. J. Ollikainen, Pasi A. Ketola, Riikka-Liisa K. Vuorinen, Piritta A. Setälä, Sanna E. Hoppu   +5 more
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Care of the Patient With Acute Ischemic Stroke (Prehospital and Acute Phase of Care): Update to the 2009 Comprehensive Nursing Care Scientific Statement: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

Stroke, 2021
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S. Ashcraft, Susan E. Wilson, Karin Nystrӧm, Wendy Dusenbury, C. Wira, T. Burrus   +5 more
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Sublingual microcirculation: a case report

Journal 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, Anna Zehnder, Desirée Yeginsoy, Martin Siegemund   +3 more
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Development of a Patient Reported Experience Measure (PREM) for use in the ambulance service [PDF]

, 2015
Background NHS health policy emphasises the crucial role of patient experience as a core component of high quality care, alongside effectiveness and safety. Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) measure patients’ experiences with their healthcare.
Siriwardena, A. Niroshan, Togher, Fiona, Windle, Karen   +2 more
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Consensus Recommendations on the Prehospital Care of the Injured Athlete With a Suspected Catastrophic Cervical Spine Injury.

Journal of athletic training, 2020
INTRODUCTION Sports participation is among the leading causes of catastrophic cervical spine injury (CSI) in the United States. Appropriate prehospital care for athletes with suspected CSIs should be available at all levels of sport.
Brianna Mills, K. Conrick, S. Anderson, J. Bailes, B. Boden, Darryl Conway, James Ellis, F. Feld, Murphy Grant, B. Hainline, G. Henry, S. Herring, W. Hsu, A. Isakov, T. Lindley, Lance McNamara, J. Mihalik, Timothy L Neal, M. Putukian, F. Rivara, Allen K. Sills, Erik E. Swartz, M. Vavilala, R. Courson   +23 more
semanticscholar   +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”

Scandinavian 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, Julie Linding Kjerulff, Niels Juul, Hans Kirkegaard, Mette Fogh Møller, Anna-Marie Bloch Münster, Morten Thingemann Bøtker   +6 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

BMC 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, Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Lars Eide Næss-Pleym, Lars Erik Laugsand, Bjørnar Grenne   +4 more
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What an ambulance nurse needs to know : from educational content to critical incidents [PDF]

, 2016
Ambulance personnel today are highly trained and perform specialized care. There are high expectations with respect to knowledge and competence of the Registered Nurses, RNs, in ambulance care, as they possess a medical responsibility for patient care ...
Sjölin, Helena
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Out‐of‐hospital extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation for refractory ventricular fibrillation: A case report

Journal 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, Sundeep Guliani, Todd Dettmer, Kimberly Pruett, Doug Dixon, Darren Braude   +5 more
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Mental health challenges faced by young medical residents fighting COVID-19 in tunisia

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction COVID-19 pandemic affected not only physical health of individuals, and communities but also their mental health worldwide. Young physicians, who were providing care for patients during the outbreak in a global atmosphere of stress ...
M. Dhemaid, W. Abbes, F. Ellough, A. Bezzaouia, S. Hafi, L. Ghanmi   +5 more
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