Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Departure Interval: Does Patient Age Matter?

abstract：INTRODUCTION:On 26 December 2004, an earthquake (9.0 Richter, 10 kilometers below the sea) near Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a tsunami, which traveled at approximately 800 km per hour to strike the Indian coastline. The disaster response at a 100-bed hospital situated on the beach front (2,028 km from the epicenter) i...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Roy N

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The esophageal detector device (EDD) recently has been found to assess endotracheal (ET) tube placement accurately. This study describes the reliability of the EDD in determining the position of the ET tube in clinical airway situations that are difficult. METHODS:This was a prospective, randomized, singl...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Kapsner CE,Seaberg DC,Stengel C,Ilkhanipour K,Menegazzi J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the performance of two commercially available devices (Ambu TubeChek and SCOTI) in establishing endotracheal (ET) tube position (oesophageal vs. tracheal) in a mannequin and in miniature pigs. The Ambu TubeChek is a syringe-type, Oesophageal Detector Device (ODD) that fits to the endotracheal tube ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Petroianu G,Maleck W,Bergler W,Rüfer R

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：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：INTRODUCTION:Patients with respiratory failure are usually mechanically ventilated, mostly with fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) > 0.21. Minimizing FiO2 is increasingly an accepted standard. In underserved nations and disasters, salvageable patients requiring mechanical ventilation may outstrip oxygen supplies. STUD...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Halpern P,Goldvaser M,Yacov G,Rosner A,Wenger A,Bachar K,Katalan S

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:The development of autocratic leaders in history reveals that many share severe character disorders that are consistently similar across borders and cultures. Diplomats and humanitarians negotiating for access to populations in-need and security of their programs, especially in health, must understand the limitations ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Burkle FM

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction A model prepared by National Civil Defense (INDECI; Lima, Peru) estimated that an earthquake with an intensity of 8.0 Mw in front of the central coast of Peru would result in 51,019 deaths and 686,105 injured in districts of Metropolitan Lima and Callao. Using this information as a base, a study was desig...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Bambarén C,Uyen A,Rodriguez M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The contamination of the environment, ambulance equipment, and staff hands consequently are major factors which create nosocomial infections in emergency patients. The contamination of equipment and devices plays an important role in nosocomial infections. OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine t...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Farhadloo R,Goodarzi Far J,Azadeh MR,Shams S,Parvaresh-Masoud M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden onset disasters (SODs) have affected over 1.5 billion of the world's population in the past decade. During the same time, developing nations have faced a sustained increase in the burden of non-communicable disease (NCD) with extra pressure placed on health systems. The combined increase in SODs and the NCD epi...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： McDermott KM,Hardstaff RM,Alpen S,Read DJ,Coatsworth NR

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:End tidal CO2 (ETCO2) has been established as a standard for confirmation of an airway, but its role is expanding. In certain settings ETCO2 closely approximates the partial pressure of arterial CO2 (PaCO2) and has been described as a tool to optimize a patient's ventilatory status. ETCO2 monitors are incr...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cooper CJ,Kraatz JJ,Kubiak DS,Kessel JW,Barnes SL

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific Event Identifiers a. Event Type: Earthquake measuring 6.2 (SD=0.016) on the moment magnitude; b. Event Onset: August 24, 2016 - 03:36:32 CEST (01:36 UTC); c. Location of Event: Central Italy, in the town of Amatrice; d. Geographic Coordinates: latitude (DMS): 42°37'45.77″N; longitude (DMS): 13°17'18.14″E; ele...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Blasetti AG,Petrucci E,Cofini V,Pizzi B,Scimia P,Pozone T,Necozione S,Fusco P,Marinangeli F

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：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：: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 The frequency of disasters is increasing around the world with more people being at risk. There is a moral imperative to improve the way in which disaster evaluations are undertaken and reported with the aim of reducing preventable mortality and morbidity in future events. Disasters are complex events and...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Wong DF,Spencer C,Boyd L,Burkle FM,Archer F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anecdotal observations about prehospital emergency medical care in major natural and human-made disasters, such as earthquakes, have suggested that some injured victims survive the initial impact, but eventually die because of a delay in the application of life-saving medical therapy. METHODS:A multidisci...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Pretto EA,Angus DC,Abrams JI,Shen B,Bissell R,Ruiz Castro VM,Sawyers R,Watoh Y,Ceciliano N,Ricci E

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent studies have brought to question the efficacy of the use of prehospital therapeutic hypothermia for victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Though guidelines recommend therapeutic hypothermia as a critical link in the chain of survival, the safety of this intervention, with the possibility...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cortez E,Panchal AR,Davis J,Zeeb P,Keseg DP

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:This special report was prepared as a white paper for the First World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation on Nursing and Midwifery Contributions in Emergencies held in Geneva on 22-24 November 2006. Pertinent issues related to research of nurses and midwives were identified based on prior international conferences....

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Weiner E

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 12 January 2010 earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti caused >200,000 deaths, thousands of injuries requiring immediate surgical interventions, and 1.5 million internally displaced survivors. The earthquake destroyed or disabled most medical facilities in the city, seriously hampering the ability to deliver...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Missair A,Gebhard R,Pierre E,Cooper L,Lubarsky D,Frohock J,Pretto EA Jr

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Quantitative benchmarking of trauma-related prehospital response for Multiple Casualty Events (MCE) is complicated by major difficulties due to the simultaneous occurrences of multiple prehospital activities. HYPOTHESIS/PROBLEM:Attempts to quantify the various components of prehospital medical response in...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Bayram JD,Zuabi S

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Tenecteplase is a thrombolytic protein drug used by paramedics, emergency responders, and critical care medical personnel for the prehospital treatment of blood clotting diseases. Minimizing the time between symptom onset and the initiation of thrombolytic treatment is important for reducing mortality and ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Henkel E,Vella R,Fenning A

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：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：:This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Session 1.5 on Health Policy and Coordination: A Critical Review of Experiences during the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04-06 May 2005. The topics discussed inclu...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Procacci P,Doran R,Chunkath SR,Garfield R,Briceno S,Fric A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study examines those factors predictive of self-perceived first-aid abilities among a community-based sample after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. METHODS:A probabilities-proportionate-to-size (pps) sample of residents of Los Angeles Country and 11 pre-selected zip codes from southeastern Ventura Cou...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Nguyen LH,Shoaf KI,Rottman SJ,Bourque LB

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 2001, the Israeli government announced the construction of the West Bank barrier. The stated purpose of construction to prevent attacks by Palestinians on Israeli citizens. In a subsequent advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice decided the wall would block access to health care and educati...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Qato D,Doocy S,Tsuchida D,Greenough PG,Burnham G

更新日期：2007-07-01 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