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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"trauma care"”.
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EMS to Trauma Care Transitions: An Investigation of Patient and Handoff Outcomes
… of emergency medical service transportation of trauma patients has a long history of effective use-cases dating back to its inception during the Vietnam war. Compared to ground-based emergency medical transit, helicopters have been able to reach severely injured patients in environments with …
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Development and Validation of the Quality of Trauma Care Patient-Reported Experience Measure
To deliver patient-centered injury care, patient perspectives must be incorporated into quality measurement and improvement. Therefore, the purpose of this thesis was to develop and validate a measure of patient experience for use as a quality improvement tool in injury care. A draft survey measure …
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Data envelopment analysis for measuring the efficiency of head trauma care in England and Wales
… and productivity of the sector of head trauma injury (HTI) care in England and Wales, in order to reduce the costs associated with trauma care. After assessing the advantages and disadvantages of various efficiency measurement approaches, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology …
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A Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS) Approach to Compare Cardiovascular, Orthopedics, Trauma Care, and Neurosurgery
… (events) in cardiovascular, orthopedic, trauma care, and neurosurgical procedure.</p> <p><strong>Design, Setting, and Participants:</strong> This cross-sectional observational quality improvement studies were conducted over a period of time (2015-2023). Observational data from …
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A Sense of Trust: Somatic Spiritual Practices as a Path to Wholeness in Spiritually Integrated Trauma Care
<p>A traumatic event holds the power to rupture one’s world, generating lingering effects on embodied existence. Research has demonstrated that overwhelmingly stressful events often call into question deeply held values and beliefs and that spiritual struggles “tend to be partially responsible for …
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Trauma Surgery Past, Present and Future
Trauma surgery is the earlist medical field since human beings appeared. It has been developed through the numerous wars in western society. Du to the societal and economical development, industrial accidents and violation has been increased explosively. Trauma is the first leading cause of death …
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A Prospective Investigation to Develop Data-Driven Interventions and Improve Process Efficiency at a Level II Trauma Center
… understand process inefficiencies in a Level II trauma center through the identification and classification of flow disruptions. Data-driven interventions were systematically developed and introduced in an effort to reduce disruptions threatening the optimal delivery of trauma care.</p> …
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Development and validation of childhood trauma and exposure to violence intervention for African children in rural Limpopo Province
Childhood trauma and exposure to violence remain pressing global concerns, particularly in low-resource settings where access to mental health services is limited. In South Africa’s rural regions, children are disproportionately affected by domestic violence, abuse, and community violence, yet …
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Where Gunshots Turn Fatal: A Geographic Examination of the Spatial Patterning of Gun Violence
… is tested (e.g., a street segment’s proximity to trauma care and police response) as these processes are hypothesized as key to explaining micro-level variation in fatal shootings. Theoretical contributions of this study include expanding the role of micro-level explanations of gun violence and …
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A prospective evaluation to define optimal surgical strategies in the management of complex pancreatic injuries based on the analysis of patients treated at a major South African academic institution
… thesis evaluated a specific aspect of pancreatic trauma based on the detailed analysis of prospective granular data from a large cohort of patients treated in an academic surgery and trauma centre with substantial experience in civilian operative trauma care in which standard and uniform protocols …
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A study to determine the prevalence of Trauma cases and adoption of the Kampala Trauma Score at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
Background: Trauma is a global problem and the leading cause of death in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The trauma registry is considered to be a vital component of a trauma system; there is good evidence that organised trauma care systems decrease deaths. No trauma registry exists in …
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A study to determine the prevalence of Trauma cases and adoption of the Kampala Trauma Score at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka
Background: Trauma is a global problem and the leading cause of death in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The trauma registry is considered to be a vital component of a trauma system; there is good evidence that organised trauma care systems decrease deaths. No trauma registry exists in …
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Immune biomarkers predicting clinical outcomes for major trauma patients
Major trauma continues to be the most common cause of death in the population under the age of 40 in England. Despite advances in trauma care in the UK, sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) continue to be severe complications of trauma worldwide. Ongoing research exploring the …
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Resonating Fluidic Circuits: A Novel Technology to Create a Portable Blood Viscoelasticity Measuring Device
… goal for the future of emergency medicine and trauma care. However, no clinically accepted devices that can diagnose coagulopathy by measuring blood clot viscoelasticity are portable, meaning that coagulopathy can only be diagnosed inside a well-resourced hospital. Resonating fluidic circuits …
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A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences of Adult Thermal Burn Survivors: The Navigation Toward Recovery and Health
… Taking into account current advancements in burn trauma care, approximately 95 percent of those hospitalized will survive their injuries. With increased survival rates, greater attention is being focused on the psycho-social aspect of burn treatment and rehabilitation. There is an opportunity for …
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Cultural competence and mental health care: an assessment of Lutheran Community Services Northwest-Spokane
… or inequity when approaching mental health care, the time and interaction they have with counseling services is pivotal. Existing models of evidence-based counseling and trauma care are proven effective and are used internationally, however it is the incorporation of cultural context that …
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A descriptive study of trauma patients transported by the KZN Helicopter Emergency Medical Services to the Durban Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital level one Trauma centre over a three - year period
… and time to definitive treatment is key in trauma care. Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) is an invaluable prehospital asset for the transport of time sensitive trauma. This study reviews the impact of HEMS in the management of trauma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli hospital (IALCH) which …
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Major Trauma Outcomes: At What Cost? And for Whom? A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
… (a) to identify the financial costs for acute trauma care, including costs for those who die early in treatment, and who pays those costs; (b) to identify the relationship between costs and severity of injury; and (c) to identify survivor functional and psychosocial costs, or quality of life, …
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An analysis of health facility preparedness for major incidents in Kampala
… Some staffs had received some emergency care training in courses namely basic life support, advanced trauma life support, primary trauma care and emergency triage and treatment but no team had received training in major incident response. Only one hospital carried out annual simulation …
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The effects of secondary trauma on professionals working with victims and survived traumatized individuals
Research on secondary traumatisation suggests that there is a certain overlap in terminologies used in the literature that are related to the concept of secondary traumatic stress. These interchangeable concepts include vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout and countertransference. The main …
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