The Impact of Passive Body Heating on Quality of Sleep: A Review Study by Hassan Talebi, Mohammad Ali Heydari-Gorji, Zoya Hadinejad

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Management of Kounis syndrome: two case reports by Majdi Omri, Hajer Kraiem, Olfa Mejri, Mounir Naija, Naoufel Chebili

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Strategies for Flipped Learning in the Health Professions Education in South Korea and Their Effects: A Systematic Review by Jung Hee Park, Woo Sok Han, Jinkyung Kim, Hyunjung Lee

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Comparative analysis of bioelectric activity of the brain of ambulance station personnel before and after daily duty by Yu. N. Smolyakov, V. V. Ramensky, N. A. Nolfin, L. I. Anokhova, E. V. Fedorenko, M. M. Mikhahanov

“…These mechanisms are key to the professional work of the personnel of the emergency medical service and determine the number of errors.…”
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Prehospital Emergency Service Use for Substance-Related Issues before and during COVID-19 by Esra Kabadayi Sahin, Eren Usul

“…This study aimed to evaluate the prehospital emergency medical service (EMS) use for substance-related health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic period and compare the changes with the pre-COVID-19 period. …”
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Association Between Advanced Airway Management With Adrenaline Injection and Prognosis in Adult Patients With Asystole Asphyxia Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest by Kenichi Katabami, Takashi Kimura, Takumi Hirata, Akiko Tamakoshi

“…We extracted the data of 13,642 cases provided with adrenaline injection by emergency medical service. We divided 7,945 asphyxia OHCA cases in asystole into 5,592 and 2,353 with and without AAM, respectively. …”
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Epidemiological Analysis of the Emergency Vascular Access in Pediatric Trauma Patients: Single-Center Experience of Intravenous, Intraosseous, Central Venous, and Arterial Line Pla... by Manuel Florian Struck, Franziska Rost, Thomas Schwarz, Peter Zimmermann, Manuela Siekmeyer, Daniel Gräfe, Sebastian Ebel, Holger Kirsten, Christian Kleber, Martin Lacher, Bernd Donaubauer

“…Sixty-five children with a median age of 14 years and median injury severity score of 29 points were included, of which 62 (96.6%) underwent successful prehospital IV or IO access by emergency medical service (EMS) physicians, while it failed in two children (3.1%). …”
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What Else Is Needed to Improve Survival from Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest to Hospital Admission? Data from a Prospective Registry for the Years 2020–2023 in the Italian Province... by Roberto De Ponti, Carlo Arnò, Andrea Piemonti, Paola Centineo, Paola Genoni, Michele Golino, Simone Savastano, Guido Garzena, Sabina Campi

“…For survival to hospital admission, the impact of pandemic waves and variables known to affect survival was evaluated both in the overall population and in the subgroup of patients in whom cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initiated or continued by the emergency medical service (EMS). Overall, 3263 OHCAs occurred mainly at home (88%), with a time to intervention of 13.7 min, which was significantly longer during lockdown (15.7 min). …”
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Emergency Service Management for Road Traffic Accident Patients in a Specialized Public Hospital in Dhaka by Most Rowshona Begum, Margia Akter, Razia Begum, Nihar Sultana

“…Emergency service has gained tremendous importance because of increasing RTA. Emergency medical service (EMS) can reduce the extent of death and disability. …”
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Overview and future prospects of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest registries in Japan by Yohei Okada, Koshi Nakagawa, Hideharu Tanaka, Haruka Takahashi, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Norihiro Nishioka, Nobuya Kitamura, Takashi Tagami, Akihiko Inoue, Toru Hifumi, Tetsuya Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Kuroda, Taku Iwami

“…Conclusion: Each OHCA registry has its own philosophy, strengths, perspectives, and challenges; however, all have been successful in contributing to the improvement of emergency medical service (EMS) systems through the quality improvement process. …”
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Factors associated with difficulty of hospital acceptance of patients suspected to have cerebrovascular diseases: A nationwide population-based observational study. by Nobuhiro Sato, Reo Takaku, Hidenori Higashi, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Takashi Shiga

“…Although it is essential to shorten the interval to initial treatment in the care of acute ischemic stroke, some hospitals in Japan reject requests for hospital acceptance from on-scene emergency medical service personnel because of limited resources, which can cause delays in care. …”
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Burnout among Japanese emergency medicine physicians: A multicentric questionnaire study by Miki Morikawa, Takahiro Uechi, Nao Hanaki, Yukari Goto, Hiraku Funakoshi, Shinya Takeuchi, Michiko Mizobe, Tsukasa Yajima, Yutaka Kondo, Hiroshi Tanaka

“…In our multivariable analysis, emergency medical service centers were associated with severe PA scores (odds ratio [OR], 10.56; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.78–62.66; p = 0.009). …”
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Long-term prognostic significance of gasping in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a post hoc analysis of a multi-cent... by Satoshi Nara, Naofumi Bunya, Hirofumi Ohnishi, Keigo Sawamoto, Shuji Uemura, Nobuaki Kokubu, Mamoru Hase, Eichi Narimatsu, Yasufumi Asai, Yoshio Tahara, Takahiro Atsumi, Ken Nagao, Naoto Morimura, Tetsuya Sakamoto, SAVE-J Study Group

“…The adjusted OR for gasping during emergency medical service transport and on arrival at the hospital was 27.44 (95% CI 5.65–133.41). …”
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Overcoming challenges of establishing a hospital-based out-of-hospital cardiac arrest registry: accuracy of case identification using administrative data and clinical registries by Melanie R. Wittwer, Mohammed Ishaq Ruknuddeen, Mel Thorrowgood, Chris Zeitz, John F. Beltrame, Margaret A. Arstall

“…Registry cases are identified from an emergency medical service (EMS) OHCA registry, Emergency Department (ED) and ICD-10 coding datasets, and key-word searches of two in-hospital clinical registries. …”
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Measurement of the potential geographic accessibility from call to definitive care for patient with acute stroke by J. Freyssenge, F. Renard, A. M. Schott, L. Derex, N. Nighoghossian, K. Tazarourte, C. El Khoury

“…Likewise, depending on the modal vector (fire brigade or emergency medical service), overall accessibility from the emergency call to admission to a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) can vary by as much as 15 min. …”
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The Effects of Prehospital Care on Outcome in Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis by Caner Turan, Ali Yurtseven, Elif Gökçe Basa, Damla Gökşen, Eylem Ulaş Saz

“…Details of pre-pediatric ED care, including transport modality, patient demographics, clinical features, laboratory evaluation, fluid therapy, insulin dosing, and short-term outcome were recorded.Results:The study cohort included 147 episodes of DKA in 136 patients aged 9 months-21 years. Emergency Medical Service (EMS) transported only 37.4% of cases. …”
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Prognostic value of body mass index in the diagnosis of sudden cardiac death by Yu. I. Pigolkin, S. N. Zakharov, D. P. Berezovskiy, S. S. Bachurin

“…The sample (N=30) is represented by coronary heart disease (CHD) associated SCD cases; 3) the cardiac surgery Department of the Hospital of Emergency Medical Service (comparison group III). The sample (N=81) is represented by acute coronary syndrome (ACS) cases; 4) the cardiac surgery Department of the Clinic of Rostov State Medical University (comparison group IV). …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes in Daegu, South Korea: an observational study by Jae Yun Ahn, Hyun Wook Ryoo, Jae Wan Cho, Jung Ho Kim, Sang-Hun Lee, Tae Chang Jang

“…Adult patients with emergency medical service-treated OHCA, with presumed cardiac etiology, pre- and post-COVID-19 outbreak were enrolled. …”
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Warfarin and fibrinolysis - a challenging combination: an observational cohort study by Luurila Harri, Väyrynen Taneli, Boyd James, Puolakka Jyrki, Saarinen Sini, Kuisma Markku

“…Data for this retrospective case series were collected in Helsinki Emergency Medical Service catchment area from 1.1.1997 to 30.6.2010. …”
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Developing retention and return strategies for South African advanced life support paramedics: A qualitative study by Kevin Govender, Linda Grainger, Raveen Naidoo

“…Results and discussion: Findings suggest that the success of retention and return strategies depends on the degree of collaborative stewardship that must exist between the SA National and Provincial Department of Health, the Emergency Medical Service/s (EMS) statutory governing body, training institutions, and private and public EMS providers. …”
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