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Development of a trigger tool to identify harmful incidents, no harm incidents, and near misses in prehospital emergency care. [PDF]

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
Background Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are a unique setting because care for the chief complaint is given across all ages in a complex and high-risk environment that may pose a threat to patient safety.
Packendorff N, Magnusson C, Wibring K, Axelsson C, Hagiwara MA.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT) Clinical Practice Guideline: Transfer of Critically Injured Casualties

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Blast‐injured patients often present to healthcare facilities which cannot definitively meet their clinical needs. This clinical practice guideline (CPG) reviews and describes best practice for inter‐facility transfer of casualties in resource limited and conflict‐afflicted contexts where there may not be a formal referral pathway or specialized inter ...
Emma Butterfield, Gavin Wooldridge, Solomon Abraha Asfaw, Mervat Alhilal, Mardi Steere, Benjamin W. Wachira, Paul Reavley, Roman Shtybel, Marius Rehn, On behalf of theEXTRACCT Clinical Practice Guidelines collaboration   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limitation of treatment in prehospital care : the experiences of helicopter emergency medical service physicians in a nationwide multicentre survey [PDF]

, 2019
Making ethically sound treatment limitations in prehospital care is a complex topic. Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) physicians were surveyed on their experiences with limitations of care orders in the prehospital setting, including ...
Huhtala, Heini, Tirkkonen, Joonas, Yli-Hankala, Arvi, Virkkunen, Ilkka, Hoppu, Sanna, Kangasniemi, Heidi, Kämäräinen, Antti, Setälä, Piritta   +7 more
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A hybrid strategy using an ambulance and a helicopter to convey thrombectomy candidates to definite care: a prospective observational study

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Mechanical thrombectomy is the treatment of choice for large vessel occlusion strokes done only in comprehensive stroke centres (CSC). We investigated whether the transportation time of thrombectomy candidates from another hospital district ...
Pauli Vuorinen, Piritta Setälä, Jyrki Ollikainen, Sanna Hoppu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

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

Alfentanil for Pain Relief in a Swedish Emergency Medical Service : An Eleven-Year Follow-up on Safety and Effect [PDF]

Objectives: Pain is a common symptom in prehospital emergency care and pain treatment in this context can be challenging. While previous research has assessed the use of morphine and other synthetic opioids for pain management in this setting, the ...
Wennberg, Pär,, Magnusson, C.,, Magnusson, Carl,, Karlsson, K.,, Broström, Anders, Broström, Anders,, Karlsson, Kåre, Pakpour, Amir, Pakpour, Amir H.,, Pakpour, Amir,, Wennberg, Pär, Magnusson, Carl, Karlsson, Kare,   +12 more
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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

A prehospital randomised controlled trial in South Africa : Challenges and lessons learnt [PDF]

, 2019
The incidence of cardiovascular disease and STEMI is on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa. Timely treatment is essential to reduce mortality. Internationally, prehospital 12 lead ECG telemetry has been proposed to reduce time to reperfusion.
Vincent-Lambert, Craig,, Vincent-Lambert, Craig, Kurland, Lisa, Wallis, Lee, Castren, Maaret,, Stassen, Willem, Castren, Maaret, Kurland, Lisa,, Wallis, Lee,, Stassen, Willem,   +9 more
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