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Nurses' training in prehospital care [PDF]

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2008
The performance of nurses in prehospital care (PHC) assumes acquiring specific competences. The objectives of the present study were to verify nurses' opinion on theoretical knowledge and nursing skills necessary for the practice in pre-hospital setting and to analyze them according to their clinical practice.
Gentil, Rosana Chami, Ramos, Laís Helena, Whitaker, Iveth Yamaguchi   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Prehospital anaesthesia by a physician and paramedic critical care team in Southwest England [PDF]

, 2013
OBJECTIVES: Prehospital anaesthesia using rapid sequence induction (RSI) is carried out internationally and in the UK despite equivocal evidence of clinical benefit.
Von Vopelius-Feldt, Johannes, Benger, Jonathan, Benger, Jonathan R.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Safer prehospital anaesthesia: updated guidelines from the Association of Anaesthetists

Anaesthesia, EarlyView.
Summary Introduction Prehospital emergency anaesthesia is recognised as a high‐risk clinical intervention. These updated guidelines consider changes in prehospital practice and parallel changes in the practice of in‐hospital emergency anaesthesia, with the aim of encouraging standardised safe anaesthetic practice in a challenging clinical area.
David Lockey, Celestine Weegenaar, Imran Ahmad, Pascale Avery, Philip Cowburn, Richard M. Lyon, Giles Nordmann, Andrew J. Pountney, Cosmo F. M. Scurr, Matthew D. Wiles   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The current workforce status of prehospital care in china

, 2005
The Chinese Emergency Medicine System is primarily composed of three sectors; prehospital care, emergency department in a city hospital, and intensive care unit ward.
Lu, Chuan-Zhu, Hou, Xiang-Yu
core   +1 more source

The performance of screening tools and use of blood analyses in prehospital identification of sepsis patients and patients suitable for non-conveyance - an observational study

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Early recognition of sepsis by the EMS (Emergency Medical Services), along with communicating this concern to the emergency department, could improve patient prognosis and outcome.
Agnes Olander, Lina Frick, Jennifer Johansson, Kristoffer Wibring   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-effectiveness of advanced life support and prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in England: a decision analysis model

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives This research aimed to answer the following questions: What are the costs of prehospital advanced life support (ALS) and prehospital critical care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA)?
Jonathan Richard Benger, Jane Powell, Johannes von Vopelius-Feldt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes to living and working in pandemic conditions among emergency prehospital medical care personnel

, 2010
Little is known about the risk perceptions and attitudes of healthcare personnel, especially of emergency prehospital medical care personnel, regarding the possibility of an outbreak or epidemic event.This study was designed to investigate pre-event ...
Coory, Michael, Jamrozik, Konrad, Archer, Frank, Kelly, Heath A., Tippett, Vivienne C., Kelly, Heath, Tippett, Vivienne, Watt, Kerrianne, Raven, Steven, Raven, Steven G.   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Mortality From Rural Traumatic Brain Injury Are Underestimated Without Inclusion of Prehospital Deaths

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Rural residents are more likely to suffer moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and experience delay to definitive care than urban patients. Prior studies comparing these populations were based on hospitalised patients only. We examined TBI outcomes incorporating pre‐hospital mortality to determine the association between
Gareth Rutter, Maria Joseph, Richard Ferch, Mitchell A. Hansen, Zsolt J. Balogh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Non-medical factors in prehospital resuscitation decision-making: a mixed-methods systematic review

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Aim This systematic review explored how non-medical factors influence the prehospital resuscitation providers’ decisions whether or not to resuscitate adult patients with cardiac arrest.
Louise Milling, Jeannett Kjær, Lars Grassmé Binderup, Caroline Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, Ulrik Havshøj, Helle Collatz Christensen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Søren Mikkelsen, Dorthe Nielsen   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of demand for emergency prehospital care: An Australian study

, 1999
INTRODUCTION: Determining the predictors of demand for emergency prehospital care can assist ambulance services in undertaking policy and planning activities.
Bischoff, Noelene G., Purdie, J., Fitzgerald, Gerry J., O'Rourke, P. K., Fitzgerald, G., Bischoff, N. G., Purdie, Jennifer, Clark, M. J., Clark, Michele J., O'Rourke, Peter K.   +9 more
core   +1 more source