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Leading interagency planning and collaboration in mass gatherings: public health and safety in the 2012 London Olympics [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVES: Planning and implementing public health initiatives in mass gatherings such as the Olympic Games pose unique challenges for interorganizational collaboration, which involves interaction among multiple and diverse agencies.
Bistaraki, A., Kyratsis, Y., McKeown, E.
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Subject Retention in Prehospital Stroke Research Using a Telephone-Based Physician-Investigator Driven Enrollment Method. [PDF]

, 2019
Background and purposeSubject retention into clinical trials is vital, and prehospital enrollment may be associated with higher rates of subject withdrawal than more traditional methods of enrollment.
Conwit, Robin, Eckstein, Marc, Hamilton, Scott, Kim-Tenser, May, Liebeskind, David S, Rosell, Bryant J, Sanossian, Nerses, Saver, Jeffrey L, Sharma, Latisha, Shkirkova, Kristina, Starkman, Sidney   +10 more
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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
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Patterns, predictors, variations, and temporal trends in emergency medical service hospital prenotification for acute ischemic stroke. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND#ENTITYSTARTX02014;: Emergency medical services (EMS) hospital prenotification of an incoming stroke patient is guideline recommended as a means of increasing the timeliness with which stroke patients are evaluated and treated.
Fonarow, Gregg C, Hernandez, Adrian F, Liang, Li, Lin, Cheryl B, Olson, Daiwai M, Peterson, Eric D, Saver, Jeffrey L, Schwamm, Lee H, Shah, Bimal R, Smith, Eric E, Xian, Ying   +10 more
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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
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Speech Recognition Technology: Improving Speed and Accuracy of Emergency Medical Services Documentation to Protect Patients [PDF]

, 2018
Because hospital errors, such as mistakes in documentation, cause one in six deaths each year in the United States, the accuracy of health records in the emergency medical services (EMS) must be improved.
Tran, Tan
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Geriatric Injuries among Patients Attending a Regional Hospital in Shinyanga Tanzania [PDF]

, 2012
Geriatric injuries pose a major challenge to surgeons and general practitioners in developing countries. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, injury characteristics and outcomes of geriatric injury among patients at Shinyanga ...
Chalya, Phillipo L., Dass, Ramesh M., Gilyoma, Japhet M., Mabula, Joseph B., Mbelenge, Nkinda, Mchembe, Mabula, Ngallaba, Sospatro E., Ngayomela, Isdor H.   +7 more
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Are you suffering from a large arterial occlusion? Please raise your arm! [PDF]

, 2018
Background and purpose: Triage tools to identify candidates for thrombectomy are of utmost importance in acute stroke. No prognostic tool has yet gained any widespread use.
Abdul-Rahim, Azmil H., Ahmed, Niaz, Bottai, Matteo, Cooray, Charith, Krajina, Antonin, Mazya, Michael V., Mikulik, Robert, Moreira, Tiago Prazeres, Nevsimalova, Miroslava, Scheitz, Jan F., Toni, Danilo, Wahlgren, Nils   +11 more
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Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh: Preparedness, Prehospital Care, and Lessons Learned [PDF]

, 2020
On Saturday, October 27, 2018, a man with anti-Semitic motivations entered Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; he had an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and three handguns, opening fire upon worshippers. Eventually
Murray, Keith, Roth, Ronald N., Tobias, Adam Z., Weiss, Leonard S., Yealy, Donald M.   +4 more
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Emotional distress of callers requesting emergency medical communication center assistance and patient outcomes: a prospective observational study

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Telephone triage, performed in Emergency Medical Communication Centers is the complex task of gathering key medical information in order to identify life-threatening emergencies and ensure timely and appropriate service deployment.
Marie Christina Ng Ping Cheung, Juline Beringer, Lionel Moulis, Joana Pissarra, Sophie Lefebvre, Mustapha Sebbane   +5 more
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