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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

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

Distinct clinical clusters of paediatric patients with status epilepticus: Retrospective cohort study

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Large Swiss cohort of paediatric status epilepticus demonstrates that treatment delay (> 60 min) directly contributes to morbidity. Machine‐learning analysis of routine clinical data identifies three distinct patient clusters: febrile status epilepticus, severe para‐infectious status epilepticus, and status epilepticus in children with known epilepsy ...
Richard J Burman, Anne Steinberg, Jamie Norris, Giorgio Selmin, Tommaso Fedele, Richard E Rosch, Georgia Ramantani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge of Traumatic Dental Injury Management Among Senior Medical Students: A Pre–Post Cohort Study

Dental Traumatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Aim To assess knowledge of initial management of traumatic dental injuries among senior medical students and to compare knowledge at cohort level before and after implementation of structured teaching on traumatic dental injury management within an emergency medicine module.
Lennart Johannes Gruber, Nikolaus von Hahn, Lennart‐Hendrik Neuss, Hanna Haus, Henning Schliephake, Susanne Wolfer   +5 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

Procedural and Therapy Peripheral Intravenous Catheters: A Framework for Safety, Quality and Patient‐Centred Care

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To introduce a novel conceptual framework that differentiates peripheral intravenous catheters according to their dwell time and therapeutic purpose, in order to improve the suitability of material choice, safety and cost‐effectiveness. Design Concept based on clinical guidelines, expert consensus and recent peer‐reviewed evidence.
Bertrand Drugeon, Claire M. Rickard, Nathan Peters, Vineet Chopra, Olivier Mimoz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patient satisfaction with prehospital emergency care following a hip fracture: a prospective questionnaire-based study

BMC Nursing, 2018
Background Older patients with a hip fracture require specialized emergency care and their first healthcare encounter before arriving at the hospital is often with the ambulance service.
Glenn Larsson, Ulf Strömberg, Cecilia Rogmark, Anna Nilsdotter   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap Between the ED and Home: The Community Paramedic‐Led Transitions Intervention for Persons Living With Dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than 6 million persons living with dementia (PLWD) in the United States rely on the emergency department (ED) for unscheduled care, with up to half discharged home after treatment. The ED‐to‐home transition poses significant challenges for PLWD and their care partners (referred to as “dyads”), contributing to high rates of ED revisits and
Meghan Jenkins Morales, Stephanie Ricketts, Corita R. Grudzen, Abraham A. Brody, Joshua Chodosh, Keith Goldfeld, Manish N. Shah, ED‐LEAD Investigators, Lauren Abbate, Rebecca Anthopolos, Alicia Arbaje, Fernanda Bellolio, Jonathan Berkowitz, Andrea Blome, Erik Jonathan Blutinger, Justin Kenneth Brooten, Reed Caldwell, Christopher Caspers, Nathaniel Chin, Edward Cisek, Valerie Cotter, Jeremy Thomas Cushman, Dan David, Allison L. Ducharme‐Smith, Scott Dresden, Mary Ellen Dupont, Marie Carmelle Elie, Andra Farcas, Bucky Ferozan, Jori Fleisher, Nicholas Genes, Cameron Gettel, Andrea Gilmore‐Bykovski, Scott Goldberg, Elizabeth Goldberg, Satheesh Gunaga, Heather Heaton, Courtney Jones, Maura Kennedy, Timmy Li, Joseph Miller, Brian Mittman, Kei Ouchi, Brian W. Patterson, Jennifer Portz, Alex Quinones, Ashley Shreves, Michelle Simpson, Silas Smith, Payal Sud, Joe Suyama, Scotty Thomas, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Ian Wittman, Nancy Wood   +54 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation and findings on a one-minute sit-stand test for prehospital triage in patients with suspected COVID-19—a pilot project

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Introduction During the initial Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wave, sparse personal protection equipment made telephone triage of suscpeted COVID-19 patients for ambulance transport necessary. To spare resources, stable patients were often
Julie Kjerulff, Allan Bach, Ulla Væggemose, Søren Helbo Skaarup, Morten Thingemann Bøtker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source