Emergency care drugs' chemical stability after eight weeks’ deployment in the prehospital setting by Simpiwe Sobuwa, Thishana Singh, Kerusha Kalicharan

“…The study was conducted at four emergency medical service bases in Ballito, Durban and Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. …”
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Implementation of a Regional Network for ST‐Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) Care and 30‐Day Mortality in a Low‐ to Middle‐Income City in Brazil: Findings From Salva... by Nivaldo Menezes Filgueiras Filho, Gilson Soares Feitosa Filho, Davi Jorge Fontoura Solla, Felipe Coelho Argôlo, Patrícia Oliveira Guimarães, Ivan de Mattos Paiva Filho, Larissa Gordilho Mutti Carvalho, Larissa Silva Teixeira, Marcos Nogueira de Oliveira Rios, Sergio Figueiredo Câmara, Victor Oliveira Novais, Leonardo de Souza Barbosa, Constance Silva Ballalai, Carolina Vitoria De Lúcia, Christopher B. Granger, L. Kristin Newby, Renato D. Lopes

“…Methods and Results From January 2011 to June 2013, 520 patients who received initial STEMI care at 23 nonspecialized public health units or hospitals, some of whom were transferred to a public cardiology referral center, were identified through a regional STEMI network supported by telemedicine and the local prehospital emergency medical service. We stratified patients into five 6‐month periods based on presentation date. …”
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Occurrence and Temporal Variability of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest during COVID-19 Pandemic in Comparison to the Pre-Pandemic Period in Poland—Observational Analysis of OSCAR-PO... by Jakub Ratajczak, Stanisław Szczerbiński, Aldona Kubica

“…A retrospective analysis of the dispatch cards from the Emergency Medical Service between January 2014 and December 2020 was performed within the OSCAR-POL registry. …”
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Effect of prehospital advanced airway management on out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest due to asphyxia: A JAAM‐OHCA registry‐based observational study in Japan by Naofumi Bunya, Ohnishi Hirofumi, Yutaka Igarashi, Tatsuya Norii, Yoichi Katayama, Takehiko Kasai, Keigo Sawamoto, Eichi Narimatsu

“…Compared with the AAM group, the non‐AAM group showed increased rates of cardiac arrest after emergency medical service contact (4.3 vs. 7.2%, p = 0.009) and Glasgow Coma Scale ≥4 at hospital admission (1.9% vs. 4.7%, p = 0.004). …”
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Classification of truck-involved crash severity: Dealing with missing, imbalanced, and high dimensional safety data. by Seyed Iman Mohammadpour, Majid Khedmati, Mohammad Javad Hassan Zada

“…This study also identifies the temporal and spatial (roadway) attributes, as well as crash characteristics, and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) as the most critical factors in truck crash severity.…”
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Postponing intubation in spontaneously breathing major trauma patients upon emergency room admission does not impair outcome by Philipp Schwaiger, Herbert Schöchl, Daniel Oberladstätter, Helmut Trimmel, Wolfgang G. Voelckel

“…Methods Retrospective analysis of major trauma patients either intubated on-scene by an emergency medical service (EMS) physician (pre-hospital intubation, PHI) or within the first 10 min after admission at a level 1 trauma centre (emergency room intubation, ERI). …”
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Validation of a shortened FAST-ED algorithm for smartphone app guided stroke triage by Benedikt Frank, Felix Fabian, Bastian Brune, Bessime Bozkurt, Cornelius Deuschl, Raul G. Nogueira, Christoph Kleinschnitz, Martin Köhrmann

“…Methods: This retrospective validation study included 2815 patients with confirmed acute stroke and suspected acute stroke but final diagnosis other than stroke (stroke mimics) who were admitted by emergency medical service (EMS) to the CSC of the Neurological University Hospital Essen, Germany. …”
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Geographic Disparities in Re-triage Destinations Among Seriously Injured Californians by Al’ona Furmanchuk, PhD, Kelsey James Rydland, PhD, Renee Y. Hsia, MD, Robert Mackersie, MD, FACS, Meilynn Shi, BS, Mark William Hauser, PhD, Abel Kho, MD, MS, FACMI, Karl Y. Bilimoria, MD, MS, FACS, Anne M. Stey, MD, MSc, FACS

“…The suboptimal re-triage rate was quantified at the state, regional trauma coordinating committees (RTCC), local emergency medical service agencies, and sending center level. …”
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Optimal cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration for favorable neurological outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by SungJoon Park, Sung Woo Lee, Kap Su Han, Eui Jung Lee, Dong-Hyun Jang, Si Jin Lee, Ji Sung Lee, Su Jin Kim, for the Korean Cardiac Arrest Research Consortium (KoCARC) Investigators

“…Methods We conducted a retrospective observational study using prospective, multi-center registry of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients between October 2015 and June 2019. Emergency medical service–assessed adult patients (aged ≥ 18 years) with non-traumatic OHCA were included. …”
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No apparent effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcome in Western Australia by Milena Talikowska, Stephen Ball, Hideo Tohira, Paul Bailey, Dan Rose, Deon Brink, Janet Bray, Judith Finn

“…Methods: Adult OHCA cases attended by St John WA Emergency Medical Service (EMS) between 16th March and 17th May 2020 (‘COVID-19 period’) were compared with those for the same period in 2017-9. …”
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Analysis of health habits, vices and interpersonal relationships of Spanish adolescents, using SEM statistical model by Rafael A. Castro-Jiménez, F. Javier Fonseca del Pozo, Gabriel Jiménez Moral, J. Vicente Fruet-Cardozo

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PULS – Austrian Cardiac Arrest Awareness Association: An overview of a multi-tiered and multi-facetted regional initiative to save lives by Sebastian Schnaubelt, Mario Krammel

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The Application of Nanoparticles in Diagnosis and Treatment of Kidney Diseases by Patrycja Paluszkiewicz, Adrian Martuszewski, Natalia Zaręba, Kamila Wala, Mirosław Banasik, Marta Kepinska

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Early identification and delay to treatment in myocardial infarction and stroke: differences and similarities by Herlitz Johan, WireklintSundström Birgitta, Bång Angela, Berglund Annika, Svensson Leif, Blomstrand Christian

“…</p> <p>With regard to detection of AMI and stroke at dispatch centre and in Emergency Medical Service (EMS) there is room for improvement in both conditions. …”
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A comparison of the hemodynamic changes and propofolinduced pain at two different doses of remifentanil in elderly patients by Sang Hi Park, Soon Taek Jeong, Yang Ju Tak, Chong Soo Kim, Sang Tae Kim

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Variations in Cardiac Arrest Regionalization in California by Brian L. Chang, Mary P. Mercer, Nichole Bosson, Karl A. Sporer

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Biological Potential of Polyphenols in the Context of Metabolic Syndrome: An Analysis of Studies on Animal Models by Joanna Niewiadomska, Aleksandra Gajek-Marecka, Jacek Gajek, Agnieszka Noszczyk-Nowak

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Inner Lumen Tracheostomy Tube Capable of Continuous Monitoring of Cuff Pressure by Vahid Saadatmand, Hassan Khaledi Sardashti, Mahmoud Reza Peyravi, Mohammad Hasan Amirsalari

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Comparison of Side Effects of Nalbuphine and Morphine in the Treatment of Pain in children with Cancer: A Prospective Study by Anna Kubica-Cielińska, Michał Czapla, Raúl Juárez-Vela, Clara Isabel Tejada-Garrido, Marzena Zielińska

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Changes in Emergency Department Case Severity and Length of Stay before and after COVID-19 Outbreak in Korea by Yong-Seok Kim, In-Byung Kim, Seon-Rye Kim, Byung-Jun Cho

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