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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Ambulances"”.
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Design of bicycle ambulances for Zambia
… over 5 days.There are currently forty-seven Zambulances in Zambia, and more are being produced by Disacare Wheelchair Center in Lusaka, Zambia. From January 2006 to August 2007, one bicycle ambulance was used over 125 times to transport patients from their homes to the nearby clinic and …
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Disinfectant techniques commonly used in ambulances and other first response vehicles
Ambulances pose a high risk of transmitting commonly seen pathogens to the hospital setting. These pathogens contribute to high rates of infection in hospitals and to Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs). Because of this link, examining and restructuring the way we disinfect our ambulances, and …
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A Multi-Method Study on the Impact of Transport Systems in Maternal and Newborn Health in Nampula Province-Mozambique
Background & Objectives: Motorcycle ambulances have proven to be effective in similar context LIC, such as Mozambique. Although these services are not new in the country, there are no registered records of the outcomes of motorcycle ambulance services in the Mozambican context. This study aims to …
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Percutaneous coronary intervention, repatriation and unplanned readmissions: Characteristics of percutaneous coronary intervention patients who experience an unplanned readmission after repatriation from a tertiary hospital
BACKGROUND The use of air ambulances to transport cardiac patients has grown rapidly over the past decade in New Zealand. There were in excess of 3000 fixed wing air ambulance missions flown in 2005. Both pressurized and unpressurized air ambulances are used. The altitude exposure guidelines for …
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Simulation Optiisation and Markov Models for Dynamic Ambulance Redeployment
… dynamically deciding stand-by locations for free ambulances in attempt to achieve quick response times. In the first part of the investigation, we study optimal move-up policies based on three small-scale Markov models to gain insights. The first Markov model considers one ambulance and aims to …
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Evacuation of Special Facilities
… of elevators in the building, the number of ambulances available to transport patients, and the number of staff available to assist in moving patients. All these variables have been incorporated in the model as servers of the queuing process and the simulation is carried out. The model has …
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Bill -n- (kris'tl) at OSB, Chicago
… sex, commercials, busses, espresso, deadlines, ambulances, whistles, bars, parades, politics, dogs barking, news at nine ... bombard the senses. Within this environment the individual must insulate perceptions to cognitively organize the stimulus. Consequently a psychological ambivalence is …
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Portable low-cost magnetic resonance imaging
… (ICUs), physician offices, surgical suites, ambulances, emergency rooms, sports facilities, or rural healthcare sites. Methods: A truly portable (<100kg) proof-of-concept MRI scanner has been constructed and validated, which replaces conventional gradient encoding with a rotating lightweight, …
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A Multi-City Simulation and Performance Comparison of Dynamic Ambulance Redeployment Models
… services, which is the act of positioning ambulances in real-time, typically to reduce response times to emergency calls. There are many existing redeployment models in the literature, but it is not known which models perform best, as they are usually evaluated with different simulation …
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Bio-mimicry of a Leopard Tortoise’ Shoulder Girdle in Space Frame Design of an Ambulance Body
… that locally modified bicycle and motorcycle ambulances are not conducive to maternal patients during emergencies. This study investigates the feasibility of modelling an ergonomically and crashworthy patient compartment for road conditions in rural SSA. The patient compartment is modelled by …
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Bathing and the British Army on the Western Front. A Study of Civilian and Military Influences
… of bathing. However, War Diaries of Field Ambulances and Sanitary Sections make it clear that the RAMC spent much time and effort providing bathing facilities for the troops, and private papers of both officers and men refer frequently and positively to their experiences of bathing. Chapter …
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An Environmental Monitoring Device to Identify Potential Risks for Intraventricular Hemorrhage During Neonatal Transport of Preterm Infants
… the environment in both ground and aerial ambulances in an effort to identify and quantify the risk factors associated with intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) in preterm infants, with the goal of developing a device to mitigate this problem. Methods: A small, stand-alone battery operated …
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‘The rates of pre-hospital over-triage and the reasons behind them in a Cape Town setting'
Introduction: Inappropriate dispatch of urgent ambulances by call centre personnel causes an unnecessary drain on existing resources. How often these urgent dispatches are inappropriate has not been evaluated in any lower middle income countries, nor have factors been assessed that contribute to …
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Marguerite Inman Davis: first progressive first lady of Virginia
… had in World War I, Marguerite Davis donated two ambulances, several pedigreed Doberman Pinschers, and invested a large part of her husband's estate in war bonds. Throughout her life, Marguerite was generous in giving scholarships to deserving Virginia students. Mrs. Davis retired from public life …
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Major incidents in the Western Cape, South Africa: a descriptive study
… where the resources used are more than 2 ambulances, other agencies are involved (Fire and Rescue) or 3 or more patients, 5 most commonly though the MIMMS definition is used “any incident where the location, number, severity or type of live casualties requires extraordinary resources”. The …
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Rational communication for the coordination of multi-Agent systems
… problems such as RoboCupRescue, where teams of ambulances must save as many civilians as possible after an earthquake. We found that, in this task, valuing communications before deciding whether to send them results in a level of performance which is higher than not communicating, and close to a …
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Understanding the factors, coverage, and quality of care, influencing the choice of different models of delivering primary health care in conflict-affected settings of Cameroon and Nigeria
… further revealed two more models of care (Ambulances and Rapid Response Mechanisms). Overall, this research identified nine models of care used in conflict-affected settings of Cameroon and Nigeria. Analysis showed that several factors categorised into six themes influence the use of models …
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Itinerância do comércio informal: a precarização do trabalho ambulante nas praias de João Pessoa/PB.
Este trabajo es el resultado de una investigación llevada a cabo en las playas urbanas Tambaú, Cabo Branco, Seixas y Penha, en el borde de la ciudad de João Pessoa, Paraíba, centrado en el trabajador informal ambulante por la playa, mientras parte de la clase obrera, así como pruebas preocupante de …
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Emergency transport of obstetric patients within the Ugu Health District
Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master in Technology: Emergency Medical Care, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2011.