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Undergraduate medical education in emergency medical care : a nationwide survey at German medical schools [PDF]

, 2009
Background Since June 2002, revised regulations in Germany have required "Emergency Medical Care" as an interdisciplinary subject, and state that emergency treatment should be of increasing importance within the curriculum. A survey of the current status
Müller, Michael P., Angstwurm, Matthias, Beckers, Stefan, Timmermann, Arnd, Beckers, Stefan K., Walcher, Felix   +5 more
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Out‐of‐hospital extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation for refractory ventricular fibrillation: A case report

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2020
Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest survival continues to be dismal with the only recent improvement being that of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (E‐CPR) or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), augmented by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ...
Jon Marinaro, Sundeep Guliani, Todd Dettmer, Kimberly Pruett, Doug Dixon, Darren Braude   +5 more
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Differences between the dispatch priority assessments of emergency medical dispatchers and emergency medical services: a prospective register-based study in Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Responsive and efficient emergency medical services (EMS) require accurate telephone triage. In Finland, such services are provided by Emergency Response Centre Agency (ERC Agency).
Tomi Salminen, Kaius Kaartinen, Mervi Roos, Verna Vaajanen, Ari Ekstrand, Piritta Setälä, Sanna Hoppu   +6 more
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Cerebral oxygen desaturation events during and functional outcomes after prehospital anaesthesia: A prospective pilot study [PDF]

, 2022
BACKGROUND: During prehospital anaesthesia, oxygen delivery to the brain might be inadequate to match the oxygen consumption, with unknown long‐term functional outcomes.
Laukkanen‐Nevala, Päivi, Kirves, Hetti, Piiroinen, Heini, Tukia, Simo, Heini Piiroinen, Laukkanen-Nevala, Päivi, Piritta Setälä, Tommila, Miretta, Karhivuori, Pamela, Anna Olkinuora, Raatiniemi, Lasse, Lasse Raatiniemi, Tuukka Toivonen, Hetti Kirves, Toivonen, Tuukka, Olkinuora, Anna, Jouni Nurmi, Pamela Karhivuori, Simo Tukia, Nurmi, Jouni, Setälä, Piritta, Päivi Laukkanen‐Nevala, Miretta Tommila   +22 more
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Observational study on chest pain during the Covid-19 pandemic: changes and characteristics of visits to a Norwegian emergency department during the lockdown

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Following the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, reports emerged on decreasing emergency department (ED) visits in many countries. Patients experiencing chest pain was no exception.
Mikkel Grande, Lars Petter Bjørnsen, Lars Eide Næss-Pleym, Lars Erik Laugsand, Bjørnar Grenne   +4 more
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Attitudes to living and working in pandemic conditions among emergency prehospital medical care personnel [PDF]

, 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
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Baden Prevention and Reduction of Incidence of Postoperative Delirium Trial (PRIDe): a phase IV multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial of ketamine versus haloperidol for prevention of postoperative delirium

Trials, 2018
Background Delirium is a neurobehavioural syndrome that frequently develops in the postoperative setting. The incidence of elderly patients who develop delirium during hospital stay ranges from 10-80%.
Harriet Riegger, Alexa Hollinger, Burkhardt Seifert, Katharina Toft, Andrea Blum, Tatjana Zehnder, Martin Siegemund   +6 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
doaj   +1 more source

An observational study of patient characteristics associated with the mode of admission to acute stroke services in North East, England [PDF]

, 2013
Objective Effective provision of urgent stroke care relies upon admission to hospital by emergency ambulance and may involve pre-hospital redirection.
Price, Christopher, Christopher I Price, Wood Ruth, Peter McMeekin, Duckett Jay, Gray Joanne, Gray, Joanne, Portas Karen, Portas, Karen, McMeekin, Peter, Rae Victoria, McMeekin Peter, Rae, Victoria, Gary A Ford, Wood, Ruth, Rodgers Helen, Karen Portas, Duckett, Jay, Price, Christopher I. M., Rodgers, Helen, Jay Duckett, Helen Rodgers, Ford, Gary A., Joanne Gray, Victoria Rae, Ford Gary A., Ruth Wood, Price Christopher I.   +27 more
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Mental health challenges faced by young medical residents fighting COVID-19 in tunisia

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction COVID-19 pandemic affected not only physical health of individuals, and communities but also their mental health worldwide. Young physicians, who were providing care for patients during the outbreak in a global atmosphere of stress ...
M. Dhemaid, W. Abbes, F. Ellough, A. Bezzaouia, S. Hafi, L. Ghanmi   +5 more
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