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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"prehospital"”.
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Prehospital Care of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients
PURPOSE: To evaluate the outcome of the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and the emergency medical service system. METHODS: From October 2001 to September 2003,we collected data about all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients visited our emergency medical center. Data were collected with our …
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Preparing providers for advanced life support in the prehospital environment
… support (ALS). Despite the essential role of prehospital advanced emergency care in the treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, at the time this research was commenced, ALS training courses had been designed for those responding to cardiac arrests in controlled environments such as in …
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Prehospital pain management in mass casualty scenarios: a scoping review
… available resources, pose unique challenges for prehospital care providers. This scoping review aims to synthesize existing evidence on prehospital pain management strategies, identify gaps, and inform future research and policy development. Methods: Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, a …
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Prehospital Delay, Procrastination and Personality in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
… two hours of symptom onset, those with prolonged prehospital delay are less likely to receive thrombolytic therapy and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) within 90 minutes of hospital arrival. Personality and procrastination has been linked to health behavior in many studies. The objective …
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Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Treatment Protocols: Aligning With National Best Practices
<p>Many variances in prehospital Paramedic treatment protocols exist amongst Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Providers in the State of Kentucky. These differences lead to inconsistencies in quality of patient care delivered, reduce ease of mobility of providers and result in a decreased oversight …
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Developing an in-depth understanding of acute pain assessment and management in the prehospital setting in the Western Cape, South Africa, the factors influencing practice and what improvement measures could advance prehospital acute pain management
… common reason for seeking emergency care in the prehospital and emergency centre settings where pain prevalence ranges widely. Pain is a significant global health problem which often goes unnoticed and is undermanaged. To this end, a project consisting of a series of research studies aimed to …
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Preparedness of emergency care providers to deal with death, dying and bereavement in the prehospital setting
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science: Emergency Medical Care, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2018.
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Prehospital airway management in severe closed traumatic brain injury an analysis of its impact on outcome
The purpose of this study was to describe the outcomes of patients with severe traumatic brain injury managed by emergency care providers in the Cape Town Metropole.
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The Relationship of Locus-of-Control and Altruism to Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Providers Universal Precaution Practices
… frequency of universal precautions practices of prehospital emergency medical care providers. The effects of OSHA's Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens; Final Rule on reducing prehospital emergency medical care providers occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens were also examined. …
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The prevalence of hypotension and hypoxaemia in the prehospital setting of traumatic brain injury in Johannesburg, Gauteng
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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A retrospective descriptive analysis of prehospital advanced airway management in a South African private emergency medical service
… interventions but despite being performed in the prehospital setting for nearly two decades, the practice of prehospital ETI has not yet been examined on a national level. Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of prehospital ETI performed by non-physician prehospital providers of a …
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Waveform capnography in the South African prehospital setting: knowledge assessment of qualified advanced life support (ALS) paramedics
… use the tool. Aim: To determine the knowledge of prehospital providers with respect to the use of capnography to guide decision making in the treatment of patients. Methods: A cross-sectional research-generated survey of 80 out-of-hospital advanced life support paramedic providers in South Africa …
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Assessing use of the South African triage scale in the Western Cape government emergency medical services system
… early on in the patient's care, such as the prehospital setting; and second, care in resource-constrained health systems, such as in Africa. Prehospital emergency care, delivered by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers, represents one of the earliest opportunities for emergency triage …
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Factors which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in low resource settings: a scoping review
… African Professional Board for Emergency Care prehospital Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) recommends that emergency medical services (EMS) make use of the National Emergency X Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) rule and Canadian C-spine Rule (CCSR) when managing traumatic spinal injury. …
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Prehospital emergency care provider’s understanding of their responsibilities towards a mental health care user, during a behavioural emergency
Background: Prehospital emergency care providers in South Africa are regularly called to assist with the management of mental healthcare users. The Mental Health Care Act no 17 of 2002 regulates mental healthcare in South Africa but makes no reference to the roles and responsibilities of …
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Relationship between prehospital time and 24-hour mortality following injury in patients with major trauma in New Zealand
… the relationship between time spent in the prehospital phase and 24-hour mortality following injury in patients with major trauma in New Zealand (NZ). Methods: Following a systematic review to describe the incidence and characteristics of major trauma in NZ, analysis of routinely collected …
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A retrospective study of the prehospital burden of trauma managed by the Western Cape Government emergency medical service
… There is a paucity of data describing the prehospital trauma burden in sub-Saharan Africa. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology and common trauma emergencies managed by the Western Cape Government emergency medical service (WCG EMS) in South Africa. Methods: The WCG EMS …
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Prehospital endotracheal intubation practices by paramedics in the provincial ambulance service of the Western Cape province of South Africa
… literature review of studies related to prehospital endotracheal intubation, and discusses and compares these published findings to the results obtained from this study. Furthermore, this study provides feedback to paramedics, paramedic-educators and managers, by offering a comprehensive …
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Gender-based violence: strengthening the role and scope of prehospital emergency care by promoting theory, policy and clinical praxis
… recorded the highest femicide rate in the world. Prehospital Emergency Care providers appear to be well positioned (as first responders) to respond to abuse early. The aim was to understand and strengthen current/potential practice of domestic violence intervention by prehospital emergency medical …
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Shaping the undergraduate pain management curriculum in prehospital emergency care education: toward a curriculum and competency framework for South Africa
… Managing patients' pain is a common necessity in Prehospital Emergency Care. Research evidence suggests that pain and nociception are not optimally managed by Emergency Medical Services. One reason for this suboptimal management may be education that is misaligned with clinical and contextual …
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