Appropriateness of transport of children via emergency medical service providers according to the decision-maker on referred hospitals [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2017 Purpose We aimed to investigate the appropriateness of transport of children via emergency medical service providers (EMSP) according to the decision-maker on referred hospitals (EMSP [EMSP group] vs. guardians [user group]).
Hohyun Jeong +3 more
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Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2023 As mass casualty incidents continue to escalate in the United States, we must improve frontline responder performance to increase the odds of victim survival.
Nicholas E. Kman +11 more
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The Efficiency of Ground Transport and Efficacy of Mobile Trauma Unit on the Inter-Hospital Transfer of Severe Trauma Patients [PDF]
Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2019 Purpose: The author’s trauma center implemented Mobile Trauma Units (MTU), which are ground transportation automobiles constructed with advanced medical equipment, in an attempt to improve the survival rate of severe trauma patients.
Eunae Byun +5 more
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Need for Aeromedical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport Guidelines
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Circumstances exist that call for the aeromedical evacuation high-level containment transport (AE-HLCT) of patients with highly hazardous communicable diseases.
Shawn G. Gibbs +11 more
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Clinics, 2011 OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a predictive score for clinical complications during intra-hospital transport of infants treated in neonatal units. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study nested in a prospective cohort of infants transported within ...
Anna Luiza Pires Vieira +5 more
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Bridging the gap: a successful interhospital transfer of a bleeding pelvic fracture patient using REBOA and the “doctor car” system: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and InjurySevere traumatic injuries, particularly unstable pelvic fractures, frequently result in life-threatening hemorrhagic shock, necessitating urgent transfer to specialized trauma centers. However, interhospital transport of hemodynamically unstable patients
Hanbyol Song +7 more
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Ambulance personnel use of coercion and use of safety belts in Norway
BMC Health Services Research, 2023 Background Providing health care in a moving vehicle requires different considerations regarding safety than in other settings. Use of seatbelts are mandatory, and during ambulance transport patients are fastened to the stretcher with safety straps ...
Kristin Häikiö +3 more
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Transferred Patients by Fars Province’s Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS); A 2-Years Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Iran [PDF]
Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2021 Objective: To investigate the patients transferred by helicopters, as well as an emergent medical services that were performed for them.Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, all patients who were transferred by Fars province of Helicopter
Seyed Mahmoudreza Sajjadi +6 more
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Construction and validation of indicators for patient safety in intrahospital transport
Revista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2021 Objective: To construct and validate an indicator plan for measuring and assessing patient safety in intrahospital transport. Method: Methodological study, developed in three stages, between July 2018 and July 2019.
Endric Passos Matos +3 more
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Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 2023 Background. The transportation of critically ill patients presents a precarious situation in which adverse events may occur. At Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) patients were manually ventilated using a manual resuscitator bag during ...
M Slave, J Scribante, H Perrie, F Lambat
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