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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Pre-hospital"”.
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A Model to Predict Pre-Hospital Endotracheal Intubation Success
<p>Background: Pre-hospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) is one of the most critical skills performed by paramedics and is considered the “gold standard” of airway management. Pre-hospital ETI success rates are variable, ranging from 33% to 100% across EMS systems in the U.S. Previous …
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Pre-hospital paediatric healthcare services in emergency departments: perspectives for optimisation /
… of the study is to characterize the status of pre-hospital pediatric healthcare services in emergency departments (EDs), service utilization determinants and directions for optimizing. Analyzing the Nacional Health Insurance information system's data of long-term ambulatory service utilization …
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Identifying the role of pre-hospital intercostal chest drains in South Africa
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Paramedic practice and the cultural and religious needs of pre‐hospital patients in Victoria
… experiences with emergency paramedics during pre‐hospital health care for those living in Melbourne, Australia.
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The effectiveness of airway management in the pre hospital treatment of traumatic brain injury : a retrospective, observational study of pre hospital treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the Western Australian ambulance service
… management and rapid sequence intubation in the pre hospital treatment of patients with Traumatic Brain Injury is controversial. Currently in St John Ambulance Service Australia (WA) Inc. three forms of pre hospital treatment are utilized to manage the airway of the adult head-injured patient. If …
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Rapid sequence intubation: a survey of current practice in the South African pre-hospital setting
… advanced airway skill commonly performed in the pre-hospital setting globally. In South Africa, pre-hospital RSI was first approved for non-physician providers by the Health Professions Council of South Africa in 2009 and introduced as part of the scope of practice of degree qualified Emergency …
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Comparison of pre-post education of pre-hospital patient assessment for 119 Emergency Medical Technicians(EMTs)
119 구급대원은 병원 전 단계를 담당하고 있기 때문에 다양하게 일어나는 응급상황에 대하여 정확하고 적절하게 해결할 수 있어야 한다. 그러나 구급대원 들은 의식 상태 및 생체징후가 불안정한 환자에 대한 생체징후 측정 및 초기 환자평가를 시행하지 않고 있고, 검증되지 않은 임상경험으로 인하여 전문성에 대해 논란이 되고 있다. 또한 구급대원들은 의료지도를 요청한 경우가 3.1%밖에 안 되며, 의료지도를 요청한 경우에도 자격유형, 활력징후, 동공 반사, 심전도와 같은 정보 보고가 전체적으로 미흡하다고 하였다. 구급대원의 교육의 경우 …
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‘The rates of pre-hospital over-triage and the reasons behind them in a Cape Town setting'
… Problem: The study aims to establish rates of pre-hospital over-triage in Cape Town, South Africa and to assess the call centre factors around these decision-making processes. Methods: This was a retrospective study examining a single calendar month of all urgent ("lights and sirens") ambulance …
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Can novel technologies improve the accuracy of pre-hospital diagnosis in patients with a suspected occlusion myocardial infarction?
… novel methods that could improve the accuracy of pre-hospital OMI diagnosis.<br/>Method<br/>The local extent of OMI was analysed by identifying emailed electrocardiograms (ECG) with OMI at a regional district general hospital. To identify components in pre-existing decision systems for MI …
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The contribution of pre-hospital integrated care pathways on improving the clinical effectiveness of emergency ambulance managed care
… refuses to travel, they are transferred to hospital due to a lack of alternatives, despite ever increasing demands on both the ambulance service and A&E departments. This study challenges the automatic transfer of patients to accident and emergency departments and suggests an alternative …
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Out-of-hospital assessment and management of rape survivors by pre-hospital emergency care providers in the Western Cape
… care provider management of rape victims in the pre-hospital setting. The pre-hospital exposure to rape cases is unknown as its health information system is not gender-based violence sensitive. In the absence of a clearly defined protocol, indiscretion in the emergency care treatment of rape …
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The comparative efficacy of inhaled methoxyflurane and intranasal fentanyl for the pre hospital management of cardiac and or visceral pain
… being slightly greater at 57.9% while females represented 42.1% of the study population. Patients receiving Methoxyflurane mode up 46.1% of cases and Fentanyl cases mode up 39.3% of cases. Patients receiving a combination of the agents represented 14.6% of all patients. For patients that were …
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An exploratory survey: experiences and perceptions of community members who have accessed pre-hospital Emergency Medical Service in Langa, Cape Town
… satisfaction level from those who have accessed pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services. Methods: A telephonic survey was conducted on individuals who had recently called for an ambulance, from the urban township of Langa, Cape Town. Surveys were conducted in the caller’s home language, using a …
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An Educational Module To Improve Pre-Hospital Stroke Assessment: Stroke Mimics And The Field Assessment Stroke Triage For Emergency Destination (fast-Ed) Scale
… mimic. With more stroke systems adopting a prehospital large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke scale that includes bypass protocol, it is imperative that emergency medical service (EMS) personnel be educated on how to implement the scale, identify stroke mimics, and accurately determine the time …
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The thoughts and opinions of advanced life support providers in the South African private emergency medical services sector concerning pre-hospital palliative care
… with life-threatening illness, through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual.' 1 This includes a wide variety of situations such as chronic illness and …
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The development of consensus-based pre-hospital core competencies and outcomes as a component of specialist emergency physician training - a South African-based study
… registrars undertake between one and three-month pre-hospital work placements as a component of the specialist training programme. Anecdotally, the experiences of trainees nationally vary substantially which may be attributed to the lack of a curriculum to guide expected graduate outcomes, …
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Recommendations on the safety and effectiveness of Ketamine for induction to facilitate advanced airway management in head injured patients in South Africa by pre-hospital professionals: A rapid review
… patients. Recent evidence has challenged some preconceptions regarding the use and safety of Ketamine in head injuries. In response to this, the Health Professions Council of South Africa Professional Board for Emergency Care (HPCSA PBEC) has requested a review of the emergency care protocols. …
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Development of a clinical deterioration prediction tool for adult patients during ambulance transportation in South Africa
… and is associated with increased mortality, hospital stay, and incidence of adverse events. CD also occurs in the pre-hospital setting though few studies describe its occurrence as well as the factors it is associated with, and no evidence currently exists that describes its occurrence within …
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The emergency care of young people who self-harm: an exploration of attitudes towards young people who self-harm and the care they receive from practitioners working in pre-hospital and hospital based emergency services
… drawn on Strauss et al’s (1964), concept of the hospital as a negotiated order, a perspective that has latterly been applied to the organisation of hospital A&E services (Sbaih1997a&b 1998a&b, 2001, 2002). As the fundamental premise of emergency care work is the rapid assessment of patients’ …
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A retrospective review of post-intubation sedation and analgesia practices in a South African private ambulance service
… analgesia (PISA) practices are important in the pre-hospital setting where vibration and noise of the transport vehicle may contribute to anxiety and pain in the patient. Inadequate post-intubation practices may lead to long-term detrimental effects in patients. Despite this, these practices are …
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