Outcomes of a Provincial Myocardial Infarction Reperfusion Strategy: A Population-Based, Retrospective Cohort Study.

abstract：:The tasks required for the preservation of the health of rescuers can be accomplished with the creation of a system for medical examinations and rehabilitation that functions with commonly used methodological and organizational principles. Absence of such a common methodological platform often results in the disqualif...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Preobrazhenskiĭ VN,Matveev AA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mildly injured and "worried well" patients can have profound effects on the management of a mass-casualty incident. The objective of this study is to describe the characteristics and lessons learned from an event that occurred on 28 August 2005 near the central bus station in Beer-Sheva, Israel. The unique...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Bloch YH,Leiba A,Veaacnin N,Paizer Y,Schwartz D,Kraskas A,Weiss G,Goldberg A,Bar-Dayan Y

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：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：:The detonation of a bomb in a shopping center in Vantaa, Finland, took place on 11 October 2002. Seven people died as a result and > 160 people required medical attention. Because the rescue teams were inadequately trained to respond to terrorist attacks, the event was handled according to protocol. A number of proble...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Deverell E,Ortenwall P,Almgren O,Riddez L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Triage at mass gatherings in Australia is commonly performed by staff members with first aid training. There have been no evaluations of the performance of first aid staff with respect to diagnostic accuracy or identification of presentations requiring ambulance transport to hospital. HYPOTHESIS:It was hy...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Douglas N,Leverett J,Paul J,Gibson M,Pritchard J,Brouwer K,Edwards E,Carew J,Donovan J,Bourke E,Smith E

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Professional behavior is one of the cornerstones of effective emergency medical services (EMS) practice and is a required part of the National Standard Curricula for advanced levels of EMS education. However, peer rating of emergency medical technicians with respect to the 11 categories of professional beh...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Brown WE Jr,Margolis G,Levine R

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The goal of this study was to find out the training received in Urgent and Emergency Medicine (UEM) by the Primary Health Care (PHC) physicians of Asturias (Spain), as well as their perception of their own theoretical knowledge and practical skills in a series of procedures employed in life-threatening emerg...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Cernuda Martínez JA,Castro Delgado R,Ferrero Fernández E,Arcos González P

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：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：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：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：:A broad range of health problems are related to disasters. Insight into these health problems is needed for targeted disaster management. Disaster health outcome assessment can provide insight into the health effects of disasters. During the 15th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine in Amsterdam (2007), e...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： van den Berg B,Grievink L,Gutschmidt K,Lang T,Palmer S,Ruijten M,Stumpel R,Yzermans J

更新日期：2008-07-01 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

abstract：:In 1994, the first World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction held in Yokohama, Japan affirmed that "Disaster prevention, mitigation, and preparedness are better than disaster response in achieving the goals and objectives of the decade. Disaster response alone is not sufficient, as it yields only temporary result...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Keim M

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Previous oil spills and disasters from other human-made events have shown that mental health effects to the affected population are widespread and can be significant. HYPOTHESIS/PROBLEM:There has been concern regarding the likelihood that existing public health surveillance was not capturing the mental he...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Buttke D,Vagi S,Bayleyegn T,Sircar K,Strine T,Morrison M,Allen M,Wolkin A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of newborns in a disaster zone can be extremely challenging. The effects of the disaster combine with local health care disparity to give these neonates little chance of survival in the event of even minor complications. Rescue teams arriving at such locations must be prepared to handle and to aid these ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Mendlovic J,Albukrek D,Dagan D,Merin O,Weiser G

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:This study was aimed to analyze post-disaster birth outcomes in coastal and inland regions of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. METHODS:Primary data sets were compiled from birth records of obstetric facilities and 12,808 patients were analyzed for baseline birth outcomes by region. Regional risk analysis of the lo...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Sugawara J,Iwama N,Hoshiai T,Tokunaga H,Nishigori H,Metoki H,Okamura K,Yaegashi N

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prehospital vital signs are used to triage trauma patients to mobilize appropriate resources and personnel prior to patient arrival in the emergency department (ED). Due to inherent challenges in obtaining prehospital vital signs, concerns exist regarding their accuracy and ability to predict first ED vita...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Trust MD,Schellenberg M,Biswas S,Inaba K,Cheng V,Warriner Z,Love BE,Demetriades D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On January 12, 2010, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was shattered by a violent earthquake that killed or injured thousands of its citizens. Local emergency services became overwhelmed and international assistance was required. French relief teams were deployed to assist local hospitals in caring for the victims. The medical c...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Benner P,Stephan J,Renard A,Petitjean F,Larger D,Pons D,Paklepa B,Deniel C,LeDreff P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Vasopressors are associated with return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), but no long-term benefit has been demonstrated in randomized trials. However, these trials did not control for the timing of vasopressor administration which may influence outcomes. Consequently, the objective of this study was to ...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Hubble MW,Tyson C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Since the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, concerns have been raised regarding the threat of a radiological terrorist weapon. Although the probability of the employment of a nuclear device is remote, the potential of a radiological dispersal device (RDD) or "dirty bomb" is of conce...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Guyette F,Suyama J,Rosen J,Allswede M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On March 23, 2020, the United Nations (UN) made an Appeal for a Global Ceasefire following the Outbreak of Coronavirus. Despite this appeal, the Nagorno-Karabagh war was instigated on September 27, 2020. This Guest Editorial frames the conflict in the context of the UN appeal and by introducing a figure that plots sev...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Chekijian S,Bazarchyan A

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Early defibrillation improves survival for patients suffering cardiac arrest from ventricular fibrillation (VF) or ventricular tachycardia (VT). Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) should be placed in locations in which there is a high incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA). The study objective was t...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Portner ME,Pollack ML,Schirk SK,Schlenker MK

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Training students has been proven to be the optimal way to deliver cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills. However, it is somehow unknown whether or not the current recommendations appropriate for Caucasian students are also suitable for East Asian students. The purpose of this study is to explore the be...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： He DX,Huang KS,Yang YI,Jiang W,Yang NL,Yang H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Using the pediatric version of the Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (JumpSTART) algorithm for the triage of pediatric patients in a mass-casualty incident (MCI) requires assessing the results of each step and determining whether to move to the next appropriate action. Inappropriate application can lead to...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Claudius I,Kaji AH,Santillanes G,Cicero MX,Donofrio JJ,Gausche-Hill M,Srinivasan S,Chang TP

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a lethal health problem that affects between 236,000 and 325,000 people in the United States each year. As resuscitation attempts are unsuccessful in 70-98% of OHCA cases, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel often face the needs of bereaved family members. P...

journal_title：Prehospital and disaster medicine

authors： Bremer A,Dahlberg K,Sandman L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00