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Renal screening sonography—A comparative study in a Portuguese basic emergency service

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 8-16, March 2025.
Renal sonography screening aids in clinical decision‐making for patients with suspected renal colic. This study intends to compare the accuracy and pertinence of sonographic findings obtained by a sonographer in a Basic Emergency Service (BES) with that of radiologists at Referral Hospital (RH) in Portugal. Renal sonography screening was able to detect
Sérgio Miravent, Carmen Jiménez, Narciso Barbancho, Manuel Duarte Lobo, Teresa Figueiredo, Carla Gomes, Ion Ratusneac, João Mário Gonçalves, Corina Hasnas, Rui de Almeida   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prehospital triage of patients diagnosed with perforated peptic ulcer or peptic ulcer bleeding: an observational study of patients calling 1-1-2

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2018
Background Triage systems are used in emergency medical services to systematically prioritize prehospital resources according to individual patient conditions.
Kasper Bonnesen, Kristian D. Friesgaard, Morten T. Boetker, Lone Nikolajsen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Workplace violence among prehospital care providers in India: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) establish the prevalence of safety threats and workplace violence (WPV) experienced by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in a low/middle-income country with a new prehospital care system, India and
B. Lindquist, K. Koval, Aditya Mahadevan, Christine Gennosa, William J Leggio, K. Niknam, G. V. R. Rao, J. Newberry, M. Strehlow   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound in Medicalized Prehospital Setting on Diagnostic Workup

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, EarlyView.
Objectives The primary objective of this study was to describe the indications for performing point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) in prehospital settings. The secondary objective was to assess its impact on the diagnostic workup when its use was initiated by the emergency physician (EP) dispatched with a mobile intensive care unit (MICU).
Frederic Balen, Andy Rouze, Xavier Dubucs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prehospital transport of critically ill children via 119 emergency medical service providers: problems and improvement plan [PDF]

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2017
The number of critically ill children visiting the emergency department has increased. However, the rate of transporting critically ill children via 119 emergency medical service providers ranges from 4.5% to 17.5%, and the prehospital care is ...
Hyun Noh
doaj   +1 more source

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

Research challenges in prehospital care: the need for a simulation-based prehospital research laboratory

Advances in Simulation, 2019
There is a need for improved research in the field of prehospital care. At the same time, there are many barriers in prehospital research due to the complex context, posing unique challenges for research, development, and evaluation.
Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Henrik Andersson, M. Andersson Hagiwara, P. Backlund, Johanna Bergman, L. Lundberg, B. Sjöqvist   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multicentre observational study on practice of prehospital management of hypotensive trauma patients: the SPITFIRE study protocol

BMJ Open, 2022
Introduction Major haemorrhage after injury is the leading cause of preventable death for trauma patients. Recent advancements in trauma care suggest damage control resuscitation (DCR) should start in the prehospital phase following major trauma.
John B Holcomb, Tiziana Cena, David Lockey, Luca Montagnani, Simona Cavallo, Andrea Cortegiani, Lorenzo Gamberini, Carlo Coniglio, Marco Tartaglione, Valentina Chiarini, Cristian Lupi, Giovanni Gordini, Tobias Gauss, Aimone Giugni, Maria Teresa Strano, Luca Carenzo, Carlo Alberto Mazzoli, Silvia Cavagna, Davide Allegri, Giovanni Sbrana, Andrea Caglià, Jacopo Pernechele, Andrea Mina, Roberto Vacca, Roberto Gioachin, Valeria Bonato, Claudia Monge, Paolo Frisoni, Luca Nicora, Giovanna Zilio, Cristina Barbarino, Andrea Paoli, Giacomo Magagnotti, Andrea Spagna, Alberto Trincanato, Francesca Verginella, Marta Pescolderung, Stefania Armani, Adriano Valerio, Giulio Desiderio, Edoardo Picetti, Michela Ciminello, Christian Tosato, Yuri Ferrara, Stefano Barbadori, Silvia Pini, Andrea Vignali, Alberto Baratta, Davide Durì, Calogero Centonze, Matteo Ciccolini, Alessandra Spasiano, Tommaso Marzano, Guido Gambetti, Domenico Minniti, Michela Rauseo, Gilda Cinnella, Rosanna Vaschetto, Giacomo Iapichino, Fabio Genco, Antonio Iacono, Annalisa Deiana, Marco Vidili, Massimiliano Carta, Alessio Ficarella, Flavia Baccari   +65 more
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Management of Agitation in Emergency Medical Services for Older Adults: A Qualitative Exploration

Academic Emergency Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Emergency medical services (EMS) providers are often first responders to agitated older adults, providing critical clinical care and transport. However, significant knowledge gaps persist in our understanding of agitation management for older adults in the prehospital setting.
Fatima I. Shah, Grace Lew, Ryan Lee, Krista Reich, Kathryn Crowder, Stephanie VandenBerg, Margaret McGillivray, Ian E. Blanchard, Zahra Goodarzi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Balancing care needs - a qualitative study on prehospital emergency nurses’ experiences of providing self-care advice and home referrals for frail older patients

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background The aging population has led to a growing number of frail older patients in prehospital emergency care. These patients often present with complex healthcare needs, posing significant challenges for prehospital emergency nurses (PENs) when ...
Gabriella Norberg Boysen, Elin Svensson, Caroline Heldtander, Johan Herlitz, Agnes Olander   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source