Medication Appropriateness in Prehospital Care by Nikolai Ramadanov, Roman Klein, Abner Daniel Aguilar Valdez, Wilhelm Behringer

“…Incorrect diagnoses by the prehospital emergency physician seem to lead to medication errors in prehospital emergency physician deployments. …”
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The use of strong analgesics for prehospital pain management in children in the region of Southern Denmark: a register-based study by Josefine Tvede Colding-Jørgensen, Gina Maj Graven Brandstrup, Vibe Maria Laden Nielsen, Josefine Gradman, Line Anker Bang Thybo, Peter Martin Hansen, Daniel Wittrock, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen, Søren Mikkelsen

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Diagnostic Agreement between Prehospital Emergency and In-Hospital Physicians by Nikolai Ramadanov, Roman Klein, Fabian Laue, Wilhelm Behringer

“…The aim of the study was to determine the diagnostic agreement between the discharge diagnosis and the suspected diagnosis by the prehospital emergency physician and to run a sensitivity analysis of the most common diagnoses by the prehospital emergency physician. …”
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Prehospital ultrasound from a neurological point of view by Lučić-Prokin Aleksandra, Ružička-Kaloci Svetlana, Živanović Željko, Popović Nemanja, Vlahović Dmitar

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Workload and response i̇n prehospi̇tal emergency health servi̇ces by Duran Metehan, Şahingöz Tahta Mehtap, Tahta Yahya

Subjects: “…prehospital…”
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Physiological-Social Scores in Predicting Outcomes of Prehospital Internal Patients by Abbasali Ebrahimian, Hesam Seyedin, Roohangiz Jamshidi-Orak, Gholamreza Masoumi

“…Moreover, 97.6% patients with the score ≥ 4 needed prehospital emergency services. The area under receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.738 (95% CI = 0.708–0.767). …”
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Prehospital management of earthquake crush injuries: A collective review by Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Kamal Idris, Arif Alper Cevik

“…We aim to review the prehospital medical management of earthquake crush injuries in the field. …”
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Use of Morphine Sulphate by South African Paramedics for Prehospital Pain Management by Craig Vincent-Lambert, Joalda Marthiné de Kock

“…BACKGROUND: Evidence in the literature highlights the fact that acute pain in the prehospital setting remains poorly managed. Morphine remains the most commonly used analgesic agent in the South African prehospital emergency care setting. …”
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Paramedic Recognition of Sepsis in the Prehospital Setting: A Prospective Observational Study by Robert S. Green, Andrew H. Travers, Edward Cain, Samuel G. Campbell, Jan L. Jensen, David A. Petrie, Mete Erdogan, Gredi Patrick, Ward Patrick

“…Conclusion. Using a novel prehospital sepsis screening tool, paramedic recognition of sepsis had greater specificity than sensitivity with reasonable accuracy.…”
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Self-Reported Violence Experienced by Swiss Prehospital Emergency Care Providers by Simon Savoy, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Nathalie Romain-Glassey, Nicolas Beysard

“…The objectives were to describe the acts of violence experienced by prehospital emergency care providers (PECPs) in the western part of Switzerland between January and December 2016 and to assess the consequences for subsequent PECPs behaviors. …”
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Accessibility Assessment of Prehospital Emergency Medical Services considering Supply-Demand Differences by Zhaoqing Shen, Ge Gao, Zhen Wang

“…The reasonable accessibility assessment method is an important basis for the measurement of the level of prehospital emergency medical services. There is no general model for prehospital emergency care in traditional accessibility evaluation, and its supply-demand characteristics have also been ignored. …”
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Prehospital Emergency Service Use for Substance-Related Issues before and during COVID-19 by Esra Kabadayi Sahin, Eren Usul

“…Methods. The prehospital EMS calls due to substance-related problems in overall Turkiye were analyzed retrospectively. …”
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Emergency Medical Services Provider-Perceived Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Prehospital Setting by Esmeralda Melgoza, Valeria Cardenas, Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez

“…Objective: Our goal was to assess emergency medical services (EMS) provider-perceived Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) by patient sociodemographic characteristics and ZIP code tabulation areas (ZCTA) in the prehospital setting. Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive analysis of EMS calls with patient contact for adults ≥ 65 years of age who were provided prehospital care between February 1, 2020 and January 31, 2022, using data from the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management and the 2021 American Community Survey. …”
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Pain in the Prehospital Setting in Rwanda: Results of a Mixed-Methods Quality Improvement Project by A. Rosenberg, E. Uwitonze, M. Dworkin, J. P. D. Guidry, T. Cyuzuzo, D. Banerjee, K. McIntyre, K. Carlyle, J. M. Uwitonze, I. Kabagema, T. Dushime, S. Jayaraman

“…We reviewed the existing quality of pain management in the prehospital setting in Kigali, Rwanda, assessed the SAMU staff’s perceptions of pain, and facilitated standardization of prehospital pain management through context-specific guidelines.…”
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Prehospital Emergency Ultrasound: A Review of Current Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Implications by Mazen J. El Sayed, Elie Zaghrini

“…Imaging modalities in the prehospital setting are helpful in the evaluation and management of time-sensitive emergency conditions. …”
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Influence of Time of Mission on Correct Diagnosis by the Prehospital Emergency Physician: A Retrospective Study by Nikolai Ramadanov, Roman Klein, Nevena Ramadanova, Wilhelm Behringer

“…The objective of this retrospective study was to examine the diagnostic matching (DM) between the prehospital diagnosis by the prehospital emergency physicians and the hospital discharge diagnosis, adjusted for time of mission. …”
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Adherence to prehospital thoracostomy practice guidelines for traumatic cardiac arrest: A retrospective study by Nicolas Beysard, Tara Agudo, Peter Serfozo, Tobias Zingg, Perrine Truong, Roland Albrecht, Vincent Darioli, Mathieu Pasquier

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Needs Assessment and Tailored Training Pilot for Emergency Care Clinicians in the Prehospital Setting in Rwanda by Naz Karim, Jeanne D’Arc Nyinawankusi, Mikaela S. Belsky, Pascal Mugemangango, Zeta Mutabazi, Catalina Gonzalez Marques, Angela Y. Zhang, Janette Baird, Jean Marie Uwitonze, Adam C. Levine

“…Methods: We identified 30 clinicians through the prehospital medical command office and included them in the study. …”
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Prehospital video triage of suspected stroke patients in Greater Manchester: pilot project report by Christopher Ashton, Adrian R Parry-Jones, Lisa Brunton, Ibrahim Alghamdi, David A Jenkins

“…A prehospital video triage (PHVT) system was piloted in Greater Manchester to improve prehospital diagnostic accuracy and appropriate conveyance decisions.Method A service evaluation of a PHVT pilot was conducted to assess PHVT efficacy and identify facilitators and barriers. …”
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Prehospital Use of the Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway in Patients with Severe Polytrauma: A Case Series by Andrew M. Mason

“…A case series of five patients is described demonstrating the utility of the intubating laryngeal mask airway in the prehospital setting, both as a primary airway rescue device and as a bridge to tracheal intubation. …”
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