Are race, age, gender, and insurance status determinants in interhospital helicopter transport time and frequency?

abstract：:This paper discusses the need for consistency in mass-gathering data collection and biomedical reporting. Mass gatherings occur frequently throughout the world, and having an understanding of the complexities of mass gatherings is important to inform health services about the possible required health resources. Factor...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Ranse J,Hutton A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of protecting civilians in armed conflict is enshrined in international humanitarian law and widely acknowledged in humanitarian norms. Making this concept operational in humanitarian service delivery is a challenge. Yet, there are many ways in which humanitarian workers could learn from local people about...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Loane G,Leaning J,Schomig S,van Tulleken A,O'Laughlin K

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Millions of vulnerable, elderly individuals live in coastal areas susceptible to hurricanes and are at risk for adverse health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine the status of preparedness for and possible health consequences of a hurricane on a vulnerable, but experienced, elderly popula...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cherniack EP,Sandals L,Brooks L,Mintzer MJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Earthquake exposure has been associated with adverse consequences for coronary heart disease. However, the natural history and prognostic significance of earthquake-related, new-onset angina have not been characterized. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between episodes...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Kai-sen H,Qi W,Ping L,Ding-xiu H,Shu-yin W,You-gen Z,Fang-ming Z,Ying-de K,Xiao-jian D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Serotonin and sympathomimetic toxicity (SST) after ingestion of amphetamine-based drugs can lead to severe morbidity and death. There have been evaluations of the safety and efficacy of on-site treatment protocols for SST at music festivals. PROBLEM:The study aimed to examine the safety and efficacy of tr...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Douglas N,Carew J,Johnson D,Green M,Wilson N,Donovan J,Mulherin T,Holbery-Morgan L,Bourke E,Smith E

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On 26 December 2003, an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale occurred in the city of Bam in southeastern Iran. Bam was destroyed completely, > 43,000 people were killed, and 30,000 were injured. The national and international responses were quick and considerable. Many field hospitals were created a...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Emami MJ,Tavakoli AR,Alemzadeh H,Abdinejad F,Shahcheraghi G,Erfani MA,Mozafarian K,Solooki S,Rezazadeh S,Ensafdaran A,Nouraie H,Jaberi FM,Sharifian M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to describe the injuries and distribution of casualties resulting from the crash of Turkish Airlines flight TK 1951 near Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands on 25 of February 2009. METHODS:This was a retrospective, descriptive study. Based on a review of the hospital records f...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Postma IL,Winkelhagen J,Bloemers FW,Heetveld MJ,Bijlsma TS,Goslings JC,MOTAC study group.

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abuse or unintended overdose (OD) of opiates and heroin may result in prehospital and emergency department (ED) care. Prehospital naloxone use has been suggested as a surrogate marker of community opiate ODs. The study objective was to verify externally whether prehospital naloxone use is a surrogate marker ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Lindstrom HA,Clemency BM,Snyder R,Consiglio JD,May PR,Moscati RM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify the factors and reasons for the differences in the outcomes of rescue and relief efforts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, mainly focusing on the numbers of rescue/relief staffs and casualties in the period within 72 hours of the atomic bombings in August 1945. METHODS:By retrieving the data and informatio...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Matsunari Y,Yoshimoto N

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The need to manage psychological symptoms after disasters can result in an increase in the prescription of psychotropic drugs, including antidepressants and anxiolytics. Therefore, an increase in the prescription of antidepressants and anxiolytics could be an indicator of general psychological distress in ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Usher K,Brown LH,Buettner P,Glass B,Boon H,West C,Grasso J,Chamberlain-Salaun J,Woods C

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Aspirin is administered to patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACSs), but prehospital providers do not administer aspirin to all patients with chest pain that could be secondary to an ACS. OBJECTIVE:To identify reasons prehospital providers fail to administer aspirin to all patients complaining of che...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Hooker EA,Benoit T,Price TG

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Telecommunication systems are important for sharing information among health institutions to successfully provide medical response following disasters. HYPOTHESIS/PROBLEM:The aim of this study was to clarify the problems associated with telecommunication systems in the acute phase of the Great East Japan ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Kudo D,Furukawa H,Nakagawa A,Abe Y,Washio T,Arafune T,Sato D,Yamanouchi S,Ochi S,Tominaga T,Kushimoto S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Large-scale mass-sporting events are increasingly requiring greater prehospital event planning and preparation to address inherent event-associated medical conditions in addition to incidents that may be unexpected. The Bank of America Chicago Marathon (Chicago, Illinois USA) is one of the largest marathon...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Chan JL,Constantinou V,Fokas J,Van Deusen Phillips S,Chiampas G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the main adaptive and transformative changes adopted by the brand-new National Emergency Medical Service (NEMS) to face the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Sierra Leone, including ambulance re-distribution, improvements in communication flow, implementation of ad-hoc procedures and t...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Caviglia M,Buson R,Pini S,Jambai A,Vandy MJ,Venturini F,Rosi P,Barone-Adesi F,Della Corte F,Ragazzoni L,Putoto G

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this research was to determine the preparedness of emergency medical services (EMS) agencies in one US state to cope with a massive epidemic event. METHODS:Data were collected primarily through telephone interviews with EMS officials throughout the State. To provide a comparison, nine out-o...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Maguire BJ,Dean S,Bissell RA,Walz BJ,Bumbak AK

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Expatriate healthcare professionals frequently participate in international relief operations that are initiated in response to disasters due to natural hazards or humanitarian emergencies in low resource settings. This practice environment is significantly different from the healthcare delivery environmen...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Hunt MR

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective was to test, in this trauma system, the North American hypothesis that exceeding the 60-minute limit for the entire prehospital time ("golden hour of shock") increases mortality of blunt polytrauma patients. METHODS:In a prospective, observational, cohort study conducted between 1990 and 1996,...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Osterwalder JJ

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The State University of New York at Downstate (SUNY) conducted a web-based long-distance tabletop drill (LDTT) designed to identify vulnerabilities in safety, security, communications, supplies, incident management, and surge capacity for a number of hospitals preceding the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The tableto...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Valesky W,Silverberg M,Gillett B,Roblin P,Adelaine J,Wallis LA,Smith W,Arquilla B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of humanitarian response efforts has long been hampered by a lack of coordination among responding organizations. The need for increased coordination and collaboration, as well as the need to better understand experiences with coordination, were recognized by participants of a multilateral Working Gr...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Parmar S,Lobb A,Purdin S,McDonnell S

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mental health effects of disaster and terrorism have moved to the forefront in the recent past following the events of 11 September 2001 in the United States. Although there has been a protracted history by mental health researchers and practitioners to study, understand, prevent, and treat mental health problems ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Walser RD,Ruzek JI,Naugle AE,Padesky C,Ronell DM,Ruggiero K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After a major earthquake, the assignment of scarce mental health emergency personnel to different geographic areas is crucial to the effective management of the crisis. The scarce information that is available in the aftermath of a disaster may be valuable in helping predict where are the populations that ar...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Dussaillant F,Apablaza M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 2009, the Institute of Medicine published guidelines for implementation of Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) at the state level in the United States (US). Based in part on the then concern for H1N1 pandemic, there was a recognized need for additional planning at the state level to maintain health system pr...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Margus C,Sarin RR,Molloy M,Ciottone GR

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a cascade of risks associated with a hazard evolving into a disaster that consists of the risk that: (1) a hazard will produce an event; (2) an event will cause structural damage; (3) structural damage will create functional damages and needs; (4) needs will create an emergency (require use of the local respo...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Birnbaum ML,Loretti A,Daily EK,O'Rourke AP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prehospital airway management (AM) is the first priority in the care of emergency and trauma victims as it has shown to improve survival in these patients. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess training and knowledge of ambulance staff and availability of AM equipment in ambulances of Karachi, Pakis...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Ismail S,Zia N,Samad K,Naeem R,Ahmad H,Raza A,Baqir M,Khan UR

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibrinolysis is an acceptable treatment for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) when primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) cannot be performed within 120 minutes. The American Heart Association has recommended Emergency Medical Services (EMS) interventions such as prehospital ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cook J,Carter A,Goldstein J,Travers A,Brown R,Swain J,Jensen J,Matheson K,Cain E,Lee T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Massive earthquakes often cause structures to collapse, trapping victims under dense rubble for long periods of time. Commonly, this spurs resource intensive, dangerous, and frustrating attempts to find and extricate live victims. The search and rescue phase usually is maintained for many days beyond the l...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Macintyre AG,Barbera JA,Smith ER

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early morning of 26 December 2003, Bam, an old city in southeastern Iran, was devastated by an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale. Managing such situations always brings about many problems. In the case of the Bam Earthquake, two of the most serious problems were rescue operations and provision of ap...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Saghafinia M,Araghizade H,Nafissi N,Asadollahi R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Profound agitation in the prehospital setting confers substantial risk to patients and providers. Optimal chemical sedation in this setting remains unclear. OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to describe intubation rates among profoundly agitated patients treated with prehospital ketamine and to character...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Olives TD,Nystrom PC,Cole JB,Dodd KW,Ho JD

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR; Niel, Belgium) release of an updated recommendation related to out-of-hospital spinal immobilization (SI) practice in 2015, a systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cuthbertson JL,Weinstein ES

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite a global increase in conservative treatment of blunt liver injuries, the number of surgically treated traumas in one major trauma center in Iran has increased. The aim of this study was to unveil the reasons behind this increase in operative management by studying 228 consecutive patients at this r...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Khorram-Manesh A,Pourseidi B

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00