Prehospital characteristics of COVID-19 patients transported by emergency medical service and the predictors of a prehospital sudden deterioration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Lemlem Beza Demisse, Ararso Baru Olani, Micheal Alemayehu, Menbeu Sultan

“…Methods A prospective cohort study of 591 COVID-19 patients transported by a public EMS in Addis Ababa. For data entry, Epi data V4.2 and SPSS V 25 were used for analysis. …”
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Correction: A Cardiopulmonary Monitoring System for Patient Transport Within Hospitals Using Mobile Internet of Things Technology: Observational Validation Study by Lee, Jang Ho, Park, Yu Rang, Kweon, Solbi, Kim, Seulgi, Ji, Wonjun, Choi, Chang-Min

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Prehospital prediction of hospital admission for emergent acuity patients transported by paramedics: A population-based cohort study using machine learning. by Ryan P Strum, Fabrice I Mowbray, Manaf Zargoush, Aaron P Jones

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Patient transport greenhouse gas emissions from outpatient care at an integrated health care system in the Northwestern United States, 2015–2020 by Imelda Dacones, MD, Colin Cave, MD, Gregg L Furie, MD MHS, Cory A Ogden, MD MPH, Jonathan E Slutzman, MD

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Characteristics of Paediatric Patients Transported by Emergency Care Personnel in a Government Tertiary Care Centre, Mysuru, India: A Cross-sectional Study by K Nagendra, Girish Gopal, Sudha Rudrappa, D Karthick

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Trauma patient transport to hospital using helicopter emergency medical services or road ambulance in Sweden: a comparison of survival and prehospital time intervals by Oscar Lapidus, Rebecka Rubenson Wahlin, Denise Bäckström

“…HEMS patients had significantly lower mortality compared to patients transported by EMS at 1.9% vs 4.3% (ISS 9–15), 5.4% vs 9.4% (ISS 16–24) and 31% vs 42% (ISS ≥ 25) (p < 0.001). …”
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Correction: Trauma patient transport to hospital using helicopter emergency medical services or road ambulance in Sweden: a comparison of survival and prehospital time intervals by Oscar Lapidus, Rebecka Rubenson Wahlin, Denise Bäckström

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Modeling the impact of changing patient transportation systems on peri-operative process performance in a large hospital: insights from a computer simulation study by Segev, Danny, Dunn, Peter F, Sandberg, Warren S, Levi, Retsef

“…To test this, we developed a data-driven simulation tool to allow decision makers to simultaneously address planning and evaluation questions about patient transportation. We coded a stochastic simulation tool for a generalized model treating all factors contributing to the process as JAVA objects. …”
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Incidence and Mortality of Emergency Patients Transported by Emergency Medical Service Personnel during the Novel Corona Virus Pandemic in Osaka Prefecture, Japan: A Population-Based Study by Yusuke Katayama, Kenta Tanaka, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Taro Takeuchi, Shota Nakao, Masahiko Nitta, Taku Iwami, Satoshi Fujimi, Toshifumi Uejima, Yuuji Miyamoto, Takehiko Baba, Yasumitsu Mizobata, Yasuyuki Kuwagata, Takeshi Shimazu, Tetsuya Matsuoka

“…This study aimed to reveal the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the EMS system and patient outcomes. We included patients transported by ambulance who were registered in a population-based registry of patients transported by ambulance. …”
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TRANSPORTE INTRA-HOSPITALAR DO PACIENTE CRÍTICO by Gerson A. Pereira Júnior, Júlia Batista Carvalho, Arnóbio D. Ponte Filho, Daniela A. Malzone, César E. Pedersoli

Subjects: “…Transportation of Patient. Transporte de Pacientes. Cuidados Intensivos. Monitoramento. …”
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The Importance of the Prehospital Phase in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Gláucia Maria Moraes de Oliveira, Paolo Blanco Villela

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Early Management of Cervical Spine Trauma: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations by Mehmet Zileli, Enrique Osorio-Fonseca, Nikolay Konovalov, Carlos Cardenas-Jalabe, Stanislav Kaprovoy, Sergey Mlyavykh, Artur Pogosyan

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The rural tax: comprehensive out-of-pocket costs associated with patient travel in British Columbia by Jude Kornelsen, Asif Raza Khowaja, Gal Av-Gay, Eva Sullivan, Anshu Parajulee, Marjorie Dunnebacke, Dorothy Egan, Mickey Balas, Peggy Williamson

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Results of Surgical Ttreatment of Patients With Cerebral Aneurysms in the Acute Period of Hemorrhage Transported Over a Considerable Distance by E. A. Vorobyov, V. G. Dashyan, N. V. Savvina, M. Y. Makievskij, S. A. Chugunova, I. S. Yakhontov, F. V. Gerasimov, S. I. Efremov

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Conhecimento da enfermeira sobre o transporte intra-hospitalar do paciente crítico [Nurses’ knowledge of intra-hospital transport of critical patients] by Elieusa Silva Silva Sampaio, Larissa Chaves Pedreira, Claudia Marinho Barros, Ana Carla Carvalho Coelho, Muller Almeida Farias, Iuri Matos Santos, Laíse Souza Falheiros Leme, Jessica Luma Lima e Moreno

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A simulation modelling toolkit for organising outpatient dialysis services during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Michael Allen, Amir Bhanji, Jonas Willemsen, Steven Dudfield, Stuart Logan, Thomas Monks

“…Relaxing policies on individual patient transport to 2-4 patients per trip can save 40-60% of drive time. …”
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Impact of a ground intermediate transport from the helicopter landing site at a hospital on transport duration and patient safety by Dominik J. Hoechter, Bjarne Schmalbach, Merve Schmidt, Stephan Prueckner, Andreas Bayer

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate if a ground intermediate transport at the hospital site prolonged patient transport times and operating times or increases complication rates. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF CRISIS READINESS TO MOVE A PATIENT FROM THE AIRPORT WITH SUSPECTED EBOLA by Marta BLAHOVÁ, Martin HROMADA

“…The aim of this article is to verify the readiness of patient transport from the airport with symptoms for Ebola disease by the rescue services of the Integrated Rescue System of the Czech Republic. …”
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Systematisation of spatial uncertainties for comparison between a MR and a CT-based radiotherapy workflow for prostate treatments by Karlsson Magnus G, Nyberg Morgan, Nyholm Tufve, Karlsson Mikael

“…The MR-based workflow relies on target definition and patient positioning based on MR imaging. A solution for patient transport between the MR scanner and the treatment units has been developed. …”
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Patient assessment instruments for secondary transport: a scoping review by Maria João Rente, Liliana Mota, Amaro Silva Pinto, Tiago Augusto

“… Introduction: Secondary patient transport plays an important role in inter-hospital transfers, either due to the need to perform unavailable complementary diagnostic tests or due to the lack of technical or human resources in the continuity of care in certain healthcare units. …”
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