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Fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) as pain treatment in older persons with suspected hip fractures in prehospital emergency care – A comparative pilot study

, 2021
Background  Older persons with a suspected hip fracture and suffering considerable pain are common patients in the emergency medical services (EMS). Pain treatment needs to be improved and fascia iliaca compartment block (FICB) can be one option.
Hillberg Hörnfeldt, Thea, Stål, Susanna, Björås, Joakim,, Wennberg, Pär,, Larsson, Glenn, Hillberg Hörnfeldt, Thea,, Herlitz, Johan,, Herlitz, Johan, Wennberg, Pär, Stål, Susanna,, Björås, Joakim, Larsson, Glenn,, Glenn Larsson, Pär Wennberg, Johan Herlitz, Thea Hillberg Hörnfeldt, Susanna Stål, Joakim Björås   +17 more
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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

An Exploratory Study of Fundamental Care Needs and Nursing Activities in the Swedish Emergency Department Setting

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To explore patients' fundamental care needs, to which extent they are met and to assess how the care activities of Registered Nurses and assistant nurses are accomplished. A further aim is to investigate their associations with contextual factors in an emergency department setting.
Henrik Duhalde, Ami Hommel, Kaisa Bjuresäter, Carina Bååth   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of point-of-care lactate in the prehospital aeromedical environment

, 2014
Introduction: Lactate measurement has been used to identify critical medical illness and initiate early treatment strategies. The prehospital environment offers an opportunity for very early identification of critical illness and commencement of care.
Cerri, Gianluca, Talbot, Angela, Volturo, Jesse, Sanseverino, Alexandra, Mangolds, Virginia, Restuccia, Marc, Darling, Chad, McCahill, Peter, Mullen, Marie, Murray, Ryan   +9 more
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Falls and Nursing Workload in Hospitalized Older Adults With Delirium: A Controlled Trial of 3D‐Radar‐Based Bed‐Exit Monitoring Versus Contact Mat

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
Using objectively verified fall data in hospitalized patients with delirium, a contactless three‐dimensional radar‐based bed‐exit monitoring system was associated with fewer bed‐exit‐related falls and lower bed‐exit‐related nursing workload than an analogue contact mat.
Tamara Eichenbrenner, Isabella Glaser, Kris Denhaerynck, Vanessa Vater, Diana Fritsch, Valerie Götz, Andreas Fischer, Manuela Pretto, Reto W. Kressig, Wolfgang Hasemann   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Community Partnership Initiative in Utah to Enhance Prehospital Perinatal Care in the Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage

Journal of Midwifery &Women's Health, EarlyView.
Introduction In Utah, a confluence of factors over the last 10 years has led to an increase in prehospital births attended by emergency medical system (EMS) providers. Utah is a rural and frontier state where a large segment of the population lives far from obstetric care and where transport times to a facility for birth can be long or hazardous ...
Joshua Larson, Jennifer E. Kaiser, Caren J. Frost, Susanna R. Cohen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Associated With Non‐First‐Attempt Success in Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation by an Intravenous Therapy Team: A Prospective Observational Study

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Difficult peripheral intravenous cannulation affects a substantial proportion of hospitalized patients, yet factors associated with cannulation failure among cases assisted by a dedicated intravenous therapy team on general wards remain poorly characterized.
Mei‐Jung Wu, Ming‐Chin Lin, Chi‐Ming Yang, Yi‐Chun Lin, Made Satya Nugraha Gautama, Tsai‐Wei Huang   +5 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

Scaling of prehospital blood: A model describing impact on U.S. blood donors, distribution and cost

Transfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Prehospital transfusion improves survival in traumatic and medical hemorrhage, but the blood supply implications of scaling this capability across U.S. emergency medical services (EMS) systems are unclear. Study Design and Methods We developed an analytic model incorporating national estimates of prehospital transfusion demand, EMS ...
Pampee P. Young, David Wood, John B. Holcomb, Donald H. Jenkins, Matthew J. Levy   +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