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Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER 1) trial protocol. Computerised on-scene decision support for emergency ambulance staff to assess and plan care for older people who have fallen: evaluation of costs and benefits using a pragmatic cluster randomised trial [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Many emergency ambulance calls are for older people who have fallen. As half of them are left at home, a community-based response may often be more appropriate than hospital attendance.
Russell Ian, Lyons, Ronan, Peconi, Julie, Lyons, R., Wells, B., Humphreys, I., Whitfield, R, Humphreys, Ioan, Sánchez, A, Dale, J, Russell, I, Lyons, R, Mason Suzanne, Helen Snooks, Gaze, Sarah, Sánchez, Antonio, Dale, J., Snooks Helen, Wani, M, Roberts Stephen, Suzanne Mason, Dale, Jeremy, Dale Jeremy, Yasmin Merali, Ceri Phillips, Merali, Yasmin, Wells, B, Close Jacqueline, Sarah Gaze, Snooks, Helen, Russell, Ian, Whitfield, Richard, Lyons Ronan, Ivy Cheung, Stephen Roberts, Mason, Suzanne, Snooks, H., Roberts, Stephen, Julie Peconi, Whitfield, R., Jacqueline Close, Peconi, J., Cheung Wai-Yee, Humphreys, I, Merali Yasmin, Peconi Julie, Phillips, Ceri, Sánchez, A., Humphreys Ioan, Wells Bridget, Mason, S, Russell, Ian T., Phillips Ceri, Roberts, S., Wani, M., Close, Jacqueline, Phillips, J., Cheung, Wai-Yee, Merali, Y., Cheung, WY, Ian Russell, Phillips Judith, Wani Mushtaq, Gaze, S., Roberts, Stephen E., Merali, Y, Gaze, S, Close, J ; https://orcid.org/, Phillips, Judith, Phillips, C., Russell, I., Judith Phillips, Ronan Lyons, Whitfield Richard, Cheung, W.-Y., Close, J., Wells, Bridget, Mason, S., Peconi, J, Phillips, J, Sánchez Antonio, Antonio Sánchez, Richard Whitfield, Roberts, S, Ioan Humphreys, Jeremy Dale, Snooks, H, Bridget Wells, Wai-Yee Cheung, Gaze Sarah, Mushtaq Wani, Wani, Mushtaq, Phillips, C   +92 more
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Older Patients' Recall of Goals of Care Discussions Following Emergency Abdominal Surgery

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Older patients undergoing emergency laparotomy are overrepresented and are at risk of poor postoperative outcomes that may not align with their goals. Goals of care (GOC) documentation remains low in older emergency laparotomy patients.
Julia Silverii, Chuan‐Whei Lee, Celina Pope, Jai Darvall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Out-of-hours services in Zealand, Denmark. Consequences of changeover from GP-cooperative to integrated deputized services. A retrospective cohort study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Objectives Out-of-hours services (OOHS) worldwide exhibit diverse organisational models, especially within the European Union. This study aims to describe the transformation of OOHS in Region Zealand, Denmark, from a General Practitioner cooperative (GP ...
Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Hauraz Haji, Ole Mazur Hendriksen, Mai-Britt Hägi-Pedersen, Helle Collatz Christensen   +4 more
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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
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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

Knowledge, attitude, and practice of ambulance nurses in prehospital care in Malang, Indonesia

, 2018
Background: Nurses are responsible for staffing ambulances in Indonesia. However, those nurses may have limited knowledge and skills in prehospital care because the Indonesian nursing curriculum focuses mostly on in-hospital care.
Malcolm Boyle, Boyle, Malcolm, null Suryanto, Suryanto, Virginia Plummer, Plummer, Virginia, Suryanto, None   +6 more
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Learning opportunities in eclampsia care: A ten‐year audit from Norway, 2013–2022

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, EarlyView.
Audit of eclampsia identified learning for obstetric care. Improved hypertension management and prophylactic magnesium sulfate represent opportunities for prevention, while cerebral imaging and follow‐up postpartum were underused. Clinicians need to consider differential diagnosis in pregnant and postpartum women with seizures.
Camilla Tjønneland Mentzoni, Kjerstine Røe, Solveig Bjellmo, Marte Irene Skille Carlsen, Marit Halonen Christiansen, Tora Sandvik Fjeldstad, Lena Henriksen, Truc Trung Nguyen, Lill Trine Nyfløt, Leiv Arne Rosseland, Chen Sun, Oddvar Uleberg, Siri Vangen, Kari Klungsøyr, Hilde Marie Engjom, on behalf of OCINOR—Eclampsia Working Group, Victoria Bakke, Tone Bolstad, Kristin Fagereng, Inger Johanne Ravn, Ragnar Kvie Sande, Vibeke Stuestøl, Karoline Sunnarvik‐Ween, Ingvil Krarup Sørbye, Cecilie Fredvik Torkildsen   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

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
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Physiological Variability during Prehospital Stroke Care: Which Monitoring and Interventions Are Used?

Prehospital care is a fundamental component of stroke care that predominantly focuses on shortening the time between diagnosis and reaching definitive stroke management.
Pip Divall, Abdulaziz Alshehri, Jatinder S. Minhas, Thompson G. Robinson, Jonathan Ince, Ronney B. Panerai   +5 more
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