How do current police practices impact trauma care in the prehospital setting? A scoping review by Rama A. Salhi, Sonia Iyengar, Brianna da Silva Bhatia, Graham C. Smith, Michele Heisler

“…Conclusions Our results highlight that police are often the first on scene when responding to traumatic injuries and have an active role via scene clearance or, in some systems, patient transport. Despite the significant potential for impact on patient well‐being, there remains a paucity of data examining and driving current practices.…”
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What is the carbon footprint of primary care practices? A retrospective life-cycle analysis in Switzerland by John Nicolet, Yolanda Mueller, Paola Paruta, Julien Boucher, Nicolas Senn

“…Collected data included invoices, medical and furniture inventories, heating and power supply, staff and patient transport, laboratory analyses (in/out-house) waste quantities and management costs. …”
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The use of UAVS for medical evacuation of patients by Andrii Humennyi, Rufat Jafarov, Oleksandr Kryvobok, Andrii Lolenko, Olha Stoliarchuk

“…In comparison with the traditional method of patient transport by helicopter, particular attention is given to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which boast an impressive list of advantages and are specially adapted for such functions. …”
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Mobile Real-time Tracking of Acute Stroke Patients and Instant, Secure Inter-team Communication - the Join App by Stephan A. Munich, Lee A. Tan, Danilo M. Nogueira, Kiffon M. Keigher, Michael Chen, R. Webster Crowley, James J. Conners, Demetrius K. Lopes

“…Automated time-stamping of critical events, geographic tracking of patient transport and summary documents were obtained for all patients. …”
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Intrahospital Transport Practice in Pediatric Intensive Care Units by Mehmet Ünal, Perihan Aydın, Nazan Ülgen Tekerek, Oğuz Dursun, Erdem Çebişli, Alper Köker

“…There was a protocol for patient transport in 69% of the units. The transport decision was made by the responsible specialist physician at a rate of 96.6%. 65% of the participants stated that the transport was recorded on a form. …”
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Proposed Model to Improve Acute Stroke Care in Central India by Pankaj Sharma

“…Management of stroke requires a multidisciplinary approach and close collaboration not only among physicians from different specialties but also among paramedical personnel and patient transport services. Here we propose a healthcare model of providing acute stroke therapies to patients in central India to minimize the wide supply mismatch we face in providing adequate care to our patients. …”
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Portable ECMO and transport by Pranay Oza, Venkat Goyal

“…Patient transport is an integral part of the management of critically ill patients & even with patient on ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). …”
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Applying the Toyota production system to decrease the time required to transport patients undergoing surgery from the general ward to the operating room and reviewing the essence o... by Chien-Chung Lin, Jui-Wen Chueh, Hung-Ming Chen, Yao-Hui Chiu, Dachen Chu

“…BackgroundSending a patient to the operating room is the first step in surgery. Delayed patient transport causes the patient to go hungry for a longer time, aggravating the patient’s physical discomfort and psychological stress. …”
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A rare complication of cardiopulmonary resuscitation applied during transportation by ambulance: A case report of flail chest by Güner Yurtsever, Adnan Yamanoglu, Ejder Saylav Bora, Fatih Esad Topal

“…However, in the current CPR guidelines, there are no clear recommendations regarding additional measures that can be taken to reduce the complications and increase the efficiency of CPR during patient transport. In this study, a case of flail chest that developed after short-term CPR application during ambulance transport is presented. …”
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Helicopter emergency medical services missions to islands and the mainland during a 3-year period in Denmark: a population-based study on patient and sociodemographic characteristi... by Thea Palsgaard Møller, Annette Kjær Ersbøll, Thora Majlund Kjærulff, Kristine Bihrmann, Karen Alstrup, Lars Knudsen, Troels Martin Hansen, Peter Anthony Berlac, Freddy Lippert, Charlotte Barfod

“…In total, 90.2% of island missions resulted in patient transport by HEMS compared with 62.1% of missions to the mainland. …”
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Medical perception of stroke care conditions in Brazil by Vivian Dias Baptista Gagliardi, Marcel Simis, Hideraldo Luiz Souza Cabeça, Rubens José Gagliardi

“…Methods Neurologists from all over Brazil were surveyed by means of an anonymous questionnaire about the main shortcomings in stroke care, focusing particularly on physical structure and infrastructure (diagnostic methods, patient transport, availability of beds, multi-professional team). …”
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Construction and validation of checklist for disinfecting ambulances to transport Covid-19 patients by Ana Carla Silva Alexandre, Nelson Miguel Galindo Neto, Maria Aparecida de Souza Silva, Dária Catarina Silva Santos, Josicleide Montenegro da Silva Guedes Alcoforado, Daniela Bezerra de Melo

“…Method Methodological study composed by the construction of a checklist and validation by 42 professionals, of which 35 professionals had expertise in patient transport/transfer and seven in hospital infection control. …”
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Evaluation of training program for front section personnel in satisfying clients at Songklanagarind Hospital by P Chongsuvivatwong

“…We evaluated a training program for the front-line personnel of Songklanagarind Hospital, which included the sections of Public Relation Unit, Medical Record Unit, Patient Transport Unit, Security Unit and Out-patient Nursing Unit. …”
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Development of Autonomous Driving and Motion Control System for a Patient Transfer Robot by Changwon Kim, Chan-Jung Kim

“…In addition, model-based controllers are designed to move patient-transport robots along planned paths. In particular, the LQR controller with the Kalman filter is designed to be robust to the uncertainty and disturbance of the model including the patient. …”
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Powered Stretcher For Patient Transfer by Shea Wen, Lee

“…There many limitations in the prototype design as this project represent the first step in developing and exploring viable design solutions and the list of components of a mechatronic system required in executing bedridden patient transport and repositioning.…”
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Efficacy of a proactive health and safety risk management system in the fire service by Gerald S. Poplin, Stephanie Griffin, Keshia Pollack Porter, Joshua Mallett, Chengcheng Hu, Virginia Day-Nash, Jefferey L. Burgess

“…Total, exercise, patient transport, and fireground operations injury rates were calculated for both fire departments. …”
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Importance of transport in prehospital treatment of children with craniocerebral injuries by Stanić-Čanji Danica, Popović Nada, Drašković Biljana

“…In group I there was a greater number of patients transported by specialized emergency vehicles (93.3%) compared to the group II. …”
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Mechanical devices to compress the patient's chest in a state of sudden cardiac arrest - future or everyday life of emergency medicine by Rafał Czyż, Marcin Leśkiewicz, Izabela Czyż

“…Using of mechanical chest compression devices influence for providing the permanent quality of treatments, enables patient transport in cardiac arrest as well as relieves rescue team. …”
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Mechanical devices to compress the patient's chest in a state of sudden cardiac arrest - future or everyday life of emergency medicine by Rafał Czyż, Marcin Leśkiewicz, Izabela Czyż

“…Using of mechanical chest compression devices influence for providing the permanent quality of treatments, enables patient transport in cardiac arrest as well as relieves rescue team. …”
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Construction and validation of an in-hospital transport simulation scenario by Ellen Reis Santana, Luiz Humberto Vieri Piacezzi, Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Lopes, Ruth Ester Assayag Batista, Cássia Regina Vancini-Campanharo, Aécio Flávio Teixeira de Góis

“…According to the experts´ recommendation, the initial scenario was written more clearly and objectively, and divided into two parts: patient preparation and patient transport. Conclusion In this study, the construction and validation of the scenario for teaching in-hospital transport were successfully performed. …”
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