Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest locations in a rural community: where should we place AEDs?

abstract：:Airway management is at the forefront for combat medics dealing with battlefield trauma. For military service members, compromised airways are the second leading cause of potentially survivable death on the battlefield, accounting for one in ten preventable combat deaths. Effective suction is a critical component of a...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Jain P,Akhter F,Schoppe A,Hood RL,De Lorenzo RA

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To identify the factors that lead to increased use of emergency medical services (EMS) by patients 65 years of age and older in an urban EMS system. METHODS:Retrospective, case-control study of frequent EMS use among elderly patients transported during one year in an urban EMS system. Three distinct groups w...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Tangherlini N,Pletcher MJ,Covec MA,Brown JF

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The border area between Germany, Belgium, and The Netherlands includes a substantial number of cooperative forms in the urgent medical assistance sector. Collaboration usually takes place in densely populated areas with cities or villages situated on or in proximity to the border. In some regions, definitive borders a...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Post GB

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Many of the problems that develop in disaster management can be avoided with good program planning. Assessment following a disaster is essential. Needs assessment is essential in the early phases of a disaster and situation assessments become more important as the disaster process continues. Both are dynamic and conti...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cuny FC

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Heart failure poses a significant burden of disease, resulting in 2,658 Australian deaths in 2008, and listed as an associated cause of death in a further 14,466 cases. Common in the hospital setting, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is a non-invasive ventilation technique used to prevent a...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Williams B,Boyle M,Robertson N,Giddings C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Violence against humanitarian health care workers and facilities in situations of armed conflict is a serious humanitarian problem. Targeting health care workers and destroying or looting medical facilities directly or indirectly impacts the delivery of emergency and life-saving medical assistance, often a...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Redwood-Campbell LJ,Sekhar SN,Persaud CR

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indonesia has had its share of natural and manmade disasters. From 1997 to 2002, Indonesia has experienced 90 incidents of terrorist bomb attacks. In 13 (14.4%) of the terrorist attacks, the bombs did not explode. A total of 224 persons have been killed, and 340 persons have been injured. Most of those killed or injur...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Pusponegoro AD

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of early, advanced prehospital life support on the survival rate of war casualties during the battle of Jalalabad, Afghanistan from 1989-1992. METHOD:The outcomes of simple trauma care administered from 1989-1990 were compared to the outcomes of advanced trauma care administered from 199...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Husum H

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although emergency medical services (EMS) liability litigation is a concern of many prehospital health care providers, there have been no studies of these legal cases nationwide and no local case studies since 1987. METHODS:A retrospective case series was obtained from a computerized database of trial cou...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Morgan DL,Wainscott MP,Knowles HC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Predicting injury patterns of patients based only on mechanism of injury is difficult and is well described in the literature. Characteristics of patients on-scene immediately following injury(ies) may lead to predicting injury patterns. Although reported frequently, the significance of victim ambulation aft...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Merlin MA,Ciccosanti C,Saybolt MD,Bockoff O,Mazzei M,Shiroff A

更新日期：2013-02-01 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 disaster response environment in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake represented a complex healthcare challenge. This study was designed to identify challenges during the Haiti disaster response. METHODS:Qualitative and quantitative study of injured patients carried out six months after the January 2010...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Redmond AD,Mardel S,Taithe B,Calvot T,Gosney J,Duttine A,Girois S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detonation of a nuclear device in a US city would be catastrophic. Enormous loss of life and injuries would characterize an incident with profound human, political, social, and economic implications. Nevertheless, most responders have not received sufficient training about ionizing radiation, principles of radiati...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Blumenthal DJ,Bader JL,Christensen D,Koerner J,Cuellar J,Hinds S,Crapo J,Glassman E,Potter AB,Singletary L

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass gatherings have a higher patient presentation rate than is found within the general population. Despite this fact, many mass gatherings are occurring without suitable medical coverage. South Africa has had no standard approach or model to determine the number of medical personnel needed to deploy to an event. The...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Smith WP,Wessels V,Naicker D,Leuenberger E,Fuhri P,Wallis LA

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To characterize the types of occupational exposures and injuries reported by emergency medical service (EMS) workers. METHODS:A blinded review of accidents/exposures among EMS workers employed by a Baltimore County fire department was conducted. Medical records for 1992 were reviewed. RESULTS:Two hundred a...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Gershon RR,Vlahov D,Kelen G,Conrad B,Murphy L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tete Province, Mozambique has experienced chronic food insecurity and a dramatic fall in livestock numbers due to the cyclic problems characterized by the floods in 2000 and severe droughts in 2002 and 2003. The Province has been a beneficiary of emergency relief programs, which have assisted > 22% of the po...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Renzaho AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the basic principles around establishing a Disaster Medicine Camp and the organization of the Ukrainian Disaster Medicine Mobile Hospital, which provided medical aid to victims of the 2001 earthquake in India. All of the information was obtained through direct observation and estimates based on ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Roshchin GG,Mazurenko OV

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During a mass gathering, some participants may receive health care for injuries or illnesses that occur during the event. In-event first responders provide initial assessment and management at the event. However, when further definitive care is required, municipal ambulance services provide additional assess...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Ranse J,Hutton A,Keene T,Lenson S,Luther M,Bost N,Johnston AN,Crilly J,Cannon M,Jones N,Hayes C,Burke B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Training emergency personnel on the clinical management of a mass-casualty incident (MCI) with prior chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear, or explosives (CBRNE) -exposed patients is a component of hospital preparedness procedures. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this research was to determine whether a V...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Heinrichs WL,Youngblood P,Harter P,Kusumoto L,Dev P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To confirm the efficacy of prehospital administration of adenosine, using a 6 milligram (mg) initial dosing regimen, for the treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). METHODS:Urban, suburban, rural emergency medical services (EMS) system in Clark County, Washington with advanced life suppo...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Wittwer LK,Muhr MD

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (9/11; New York USA), emergency first responders began experiencing a range of physical health and psychosocial impacts. Publications documenting these tended to focus on firefighters, while emerging reports are starting to focus on other first responders...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Smith EC,Burkle FM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The 2005 Gulf Coast hurricane season was one of the most costly and deadly in US history. Hurricane Rita stressed hospitals and led to multiple, simultaneous evacuations. This study systematically identified community factors associated with patient movement out of seven hospitals evacuated during Hurrican...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Downey EL,Andress K,Schultz CH

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This paper is a report on an exercise designed to reveal the extent of belief in the common myths about disasters held by members of four groups of students from the University of Massachusetts and three groups of trainee emergency workers from Italy. METHODS:A questionnaire was administered in which stud...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Alexander DE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Introduction The 11th of March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck alongside the north-east coast of Honshu Island, Japan, causing a tsunami and a major nuclear accident. The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) set up, within one week after the triple catastrophe, an Internet-based reg...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Motreff Y,Pirard P,Lagrée C,Roudier C,Empereur-Bissonnet P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Emergency pediatric life support (EPLS) of children infected with transmissible respiratory diseases requires adequate respiratory protection for medical first responders. Conventional air-purifying respirators (APR) and modern loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirator-hoods (PAPR-hood) may have a dif...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Schumacher J,Gray SA,Michel S,Alcock R,Brinker A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress debriefing following exposure to a critical incident is becoming more prevalent. Its aim is to prevent or minimize the development of excessive stress response symptoms that lead to loss of productivity or effectiveness in the workplace or at home. There is little evidence that any form of psychologic...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Macnab A,Sun C,Lowe J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00