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Medical Skills Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Neonatal Transport Teams: A European Delphi Consensus Study

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study aimed to identify and prioritise medical skills for inclusion in a simulation‐based training curriculum for interdisciplinary neonatal interhospital transport teams. Methods A modified three‐round Delphi process was conducted. We included 144 healthcare professionals (101 physicians and 43 non‐physician healthcare professionals ...
Emma Therese Bay, Niklas Breindahl, Christian Heiring, Mathilde Maagaard Nielsen, Ulrich Terheggen, Martin Groennebaek Tolsgaard, Lise Aunsholt, the International Collaborative for Training in Neonatal Transport   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge of Traumatic Dental Injury Management Among Senior Medical Students: A Pre–Post Cohort Study

Dental Traumatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Aim To assess knowledge of initial management of traumatic dental injuries among senior medical students and to compare knowledge at cohort level before and after implementation of structured teaching on traumatic dental injury management within an emergency medicine module.
Lennart Johannes Gruber, Nikolaus von Hahn, Lennart‐Hendrik Neuss, Hanna Haus, Henning Schliephake, Susanne Wolfer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Exploratory Study of Fundamental Care Needs and Nursing Activities in the Swedish Emergency Department Setting

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To explore patients' fundamental care needs, to which extent they are met and to assess how the care activities of Registered Nurses and assistant nurses are accomplished. A further aim is to investigate their associations with contextual factors in an emergency department setting.
Henrik Duhalde, Ami Hommel, Kaisa Bjuresäter, Carina Bååth   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Falls and Nursing Workload in Hospitalized Older Adults With Delirium: A Controlled Trial of 3D‐Radar‐Based Bed‐Exit Monitoring Versus Contact Mat

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
Using objectively verified fall data in hospitalized patients with delirium, a contactless three‐dimensional radar‐based bed‐exit monitoring system was associated with fewer bed‐exit‐related falls and lower bed‐exit‐related nursing workload than an analogue contact mat.
Tamara Eichenbrenner, Isabella Glaser, Kris Denhaerynck, Vanessa Vater, Diana Fritsch, Valerie Götz, Andreas Fischer, Manuela Pretto, Reto W. Kressig, Wolfgang Hasemann   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Associated With Non‐First‐Attempt Success in Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation by an Intravenous Therapy Team: A Prospective Observational Study

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Difficult peripheral intravenous cannulation affects a substantial proportion of hospitalized patients, yet factors associated with cannulation failure among cases assisted by a dedicated intravenous therapy team on general wards remain poorly characterized.
Mei‐Jung Wu, Ming‐Chin Lin, Chi‐Ming Yang, Yi‐Chun Lin, Made Satya Nugraha Gautama, Tsai‐Wei Huang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Added predictive value of prehospital measurement of point-of-care lactate in an adult general EMS population in Sweden: a multi-centre observational study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel must rapidly assess and transport patients with time-sensitive conditions to optimise patient outcomes.
Carl Magnusson, Johan Herlitz, Christer Axelsson, Robert Höglind, Elin Lökholm, Thea Hillberg Hörnfeldt, Agnes Olander, Joakim Björås, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara, Pär Wennberg   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breaking the Debilitating Cycle: Pathophysiology, Assessment, and Multimodal Intervention of Secondary Debilitation After Hip Fracture in Older Adults—A Narrative Review

Orthopaedic Surgery, EarlyView.
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying “secondary debilitation after hip fracture,” discusses the clinical application of risk assessment tools, and presents a phased, stepwise intervention strategy aimed at interrupting the “vicious cycle.” ABSTRACT Hip fractures pose a serious threat to the ...
Wenyang Xu, Fan Xu, Maoqiang Fan, Yao Liu, Zhe Song   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and validation of a multivariable risk score for prolonged length of stay in the surgical intensive care unit

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2019
BACKGROUND Chronically critical illness is highly relevant in intensive care units, but the definitions in literature vary greatly. The timely detection of prolonged intensive care unit length of stay could support care planning for ...
Conrad Wesch, Kris Denhaerynck, Ursi Barandun Schaefer, Martin Siegemund, Michael Wehrli, Hans Pargger, Susanne Look   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Advances in prehospital trauma care

International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science, 2011
Prehospital trauma care developed over the last decades parallel in many countries. Most of the prehospital emergency medical systems relied on input or experiences from military medicine and were often modeled after the existing military procedures.
Williamson, Kelvin, Ramesh, Ramaiah, Grabinsky, Andreas   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Scaling of prehospital blood: A model describing impact on U.S. blood donors, distribution and cost

Transfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Prehospital transfusion improves survival in traumatic and medical hemorrhage, but the blood supply implications of scaling this capability across U.S. emergency medical services (EMS) systems are unclear. Study Design and Methods We developed an analytic model incorporating national estimates of prehospital transfusion demand, EMS ...
Pampee P. Young, David Wood, John B. Holcomb, Donald H. Jenkins, Matthew J. Levy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source