Proof of Concept of Telemedicine-Assisted Abdominal Ultrasound Examinations to Improve the Quality of Patient Care in Rural Areas by Tobias Kleemann, Denise Müller, Carola Güther, Alina Duma, Awsan Mohamed, Helmut Ernst, Madlen Löbel, Robert Freund, Sven Kleemann, Sven Pannach, Rutker Stellke, Dirk Briesemann, Tina Diepelt, Ina Thomas, Viktoria Ermisch, Dimitrios Aretakis, Alexander Wree, Frank Tacke, Steffen Ortmann, Marten Schulz

“…(1) <b>Background:</b> Unclear sonographic findings without adequate specialist expertise in abdominal ultrasound (AU) may harm patients in rural areas, due to overlooked diagnoses, unnecessary additional imaging (e.g., CT scan), and/or patient transport to referral expert centers. Appropriate telemedical sonography assistance could lead to corresponding savings. (2) <b>Methods:</b> The study was designed as a randomized trial. …”
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CPAP vs therapy in infants being transported due to acute respiratory failure by Raquel Manso Ruiz de la Cuesta, Pablo del Villar Guerra, Alberto Medina Villanueva, Vicent Modesto Alapont, Cristina Molinos Norniella, María José Bartolomé Albistegui, Verónica García González

“…Conclusions: Early administration of CPAP to infants with ARF was a safe respiratory support intervention during interhospital transport. During patient transport, the use of CPAP achieved greater decreases in the Wood-Downes score and heart rate compared to oxygen therapy. …”
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CPAP vs oxigenoterapia convencional en lactantes trasladados por insuficiencia respiratoria by Raquel Manso Ruiz de la Cuesta, Pablo del Villar Guerra, Alberto Medina Villanueva, Vicent Modesto Alaport, Cristina Molinos Norniella, María José Bartolomé Albistegui, Verónica García González

“…Conclusions: Early administration of CPAP to infants with ARF was a safe respiratory support intervention during interhospital transport. During patient transport, the use of CPAP achieved greater decreases in the Wood-Downes score and heart rate compared to oxygen therapy.…”
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Evolução e impacto do transporte pré‐hospitalar em doentes com enfarte agudo do miocárdio com elevação do segmento ST by Inês Silveira, Maria João Sousa, Patrícia Rodrigues, Bruno Brochado, Raquel B. Santos, Maria Trêpa, André Luz, João Silveira, Aníbal Albuquerque, Henrique Carvalho, Severo Torres

“…The objective of this study was to describe developments in patient transport via the pre‐hospital emergency medical system (EMS) and its impact on clinical outcomes. …”
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Nursing workload and patient safety - a mixed method study with an ecological restorative approach Carga de trabajo de enfermería y seguridad de pacientes - estudio con método mixt... by Ana Maria Müller de Magalhães, Clarice Maria Dall'Agnol, Patricia Beryl Marck

“…During the subsequent qualitative stage of the research, the nursing team stressed medication administration, bed baths, and patient transport as the aspects of care that have the greatest impact on workload and pose the greatest hazards to patient, provider, and environment safety. …”
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COVID-19 Critical Care Simulations: An International Cross-Sectional Survey by Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Abdulkarim Alrabiaah, Abdulkarim Alrabiaah, Ayman Al-Eyadhy, Ayman Al-Eyadhy, Fahad Al-Sohime, Fahad Al-Sohime, Fahad Al-Sohime, Abdullah Al Huzaimi, Abdullah Al Huzaimi, Abdullah Al Huzaimi, Nurah Alamro, Nurah Alamro, Khalid Alhasan, Khalid Alhasan, Vaibhavi Upadhye, Amr Jamal, Amr Jamal, Amr Jamal, Fadi Aljamaan, Fadi Aljamaan, Ali Alhaboob, Ali Alhaboob, Yaseen M. Arabi, Yaseen M. Arabi, Yaseen M. Arabi, Marc Lazarovici, Ali M. Somily, Ali M. Somily, Abdulaziz M. Boker, Abdulaziz M. Boker

“…Most perceived issues reported were related to infection control measures, followed by team dynamics, logistics, and patient transport issues.Conclusion: Simulation centers team leaders and HCWs reported positive feedback on COVID-19 simulation sessions with multidisciplinary personnel involvement. …”
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Transport of Trauma Patients by Airway: Turkish Experience by Şükrü Yorulmaz, Anıl Gökçe

“…Among the number of patients transported by helicopter, 120 patients were male and 42 patients were female. …”
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The prevalence of low back pain among female hospital staff at childbearing age by Fadi Al-Hadidi, Isam Bsisu, Bassem Haddad, Saif Aldeen AlRyalat, Mamoun Shaban, Nada Matani, Sondos Dehidi, Yasmeen Khater, Rana Shahrouri, Tasnim Al Muzayen, Hashem Al Hawamdeh

“…The aim of this study is to compare the prevalence of LBP and non-ergonomic risk factors between female nurses, office workers, and patient transporters, and the effect of pain on job performance. …”
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A telemedicine support for improving medical emergency management by Massimo Canonico, Stefania Montani, Manuel Striani

“…In this paper, we introduce a telemedicine architecture for supporting emergency patient stabilization and patient transportation to a fully equipped health care center. …”
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Impact of medical reimbursement revision on ambulance transport of self‐inflicted injury patients: a nationwide study in Japan by Yusuke Katayama, Kosuke Kiyohara, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Tomoya Hirose, Kenichiro Ishida, Yutaka Umemura, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Shunichiro Nakao, Jotaro Tachino, Tomohiro Noda, Takeshi Shimazu

“…We analyzed nationwide ambulance records in Japan, and included self‐inflicted injury, drug poisoning, and drug overdose patients transported to hospitals by ambulance. The primary outcome of this study was age‐adjusted number of self‐inflicted injury patients transported by ambulance in each month per 1 million standard populations. …”
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ECMO Retrieval over the Mediterranean Sea: Extending Hospital Arms by Brianna A. Hildreth, Giovanna Panarello, Gennaro Martucci, Fabio Tuzzolino, Alberto Piacentini, Giovanna Occhipinti, Andrea Giunta, Fabio Genco, Giuseppe M. Raffa, Michele Pilato, Guido Capitanio, Antonio Arcadipane

“…Of 122 patients transported, 89 (73%) survived to ICU discharge (50 (41%) patients were transported by ambulance, and 72 (59%) were transported by helicopter). …”
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Estimation of heat-related morbidity from weather data: A computational study in three prefectures of Japan over 2013–2018 by Sachiko Kodera, Taku Nishimura, Essam A. Rashed, Kazuma Hasegawa, Ichiro Takeuchi, Ryusuke Egawa, Akimasa Hirata

“…In recent years, the rates of heat-related morbidity and mortality have begun to increase with the increase in global warming; in this context, it is noteworthy that the number of patients transported by ambulance in heat-related cases in Japan reached 95,137 in 2018. …”
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New clinical guidelines on the spinal stabilisation of adult trauma patients – consensus and evidence based by Christian Maschmann, Elisabeth Jeppesen, Monika Afzali Rubin, Charlotte Barfod

“…For decades, prehospital spinal stabilisation with a rigid cervical collar and a hard backboard has been considered to be the most appropriate procedure to prevent secondary spinal cord injuries during patient transportation. However, the procedure has been questioned in recent years, due to the lack of high-quality studies supporting its efficacy. …”
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Safety of inter-facility transport strategies for patients referred for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome by Malik Haoutar, David Pinero, Hodane Yonis, Eric Cesareo, Mehdi Mezidi, Olivier Peguet, Karim Tazarourte, Matteo Pozzi, Pierre-Yves Dubien, Jean-Christophe Richard, Laurent Bitker

“…Conclusions In the context of a specialized multi-disciplinary ARDS transport team, transport-related complication rates were similar between patients transported in PP and SP, while there was a trend of lower rates in patients transported with VV-ECMO.…”
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AUTONOMOUS AND REMOTELY CONTROLLED ROBOTIC SYSTEMS OF MEDICAL EVACUATION UNDER TRANSITION TO A DIGITAL ECONOMY: DEVELOPMENTS OF THE LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE ALL-RU... by Viktor A. Sadovnichy, L. Sokolova, N. Baranova, S. Goncharov, V. Staroverov, R. Solodova, M. Sokolov

“…Modern digital models enable significantly optimize patient transportation by creating new approaches. Robotization and artificial intelligence within transportation provides opportunity to improve the outcomes with significant reduction of its cost. lemedicine…”
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Epidemiology of prehospital emergency medical service use in Korean children by Se Uk Lee, Dongbum Suh, Hahn Bom Kim, Jin Hee Jung, Ki Jeong Hong, Jin Hee Lee, Hye Young Jang, Hyun Noh, Jae Yun Jung, Do Kyun Kim, Young Ho Kwak

“…Objective The aim of this study was to elucidate the epidemiology of pediatric patients transported by the National 119 Rescue Services in Korea. …”
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Comparing the effects of two different educational methods on clinical skills of emergency intermediate technician: A quasi-experimental research by Mohsen Aminizadeh, Seyedeh Moloud Rasouli ghahfarokhi, Negar Pourvakhshoori, Mehdi Beyramijam, Nader Majidi, Mohammad Ali Shahabi Rabori

“…Operational and clinical skills, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), triage, familiarity with the equipment, and proper patient transportation methods, were taught in both electronic and traditional methods on two groups, each consisting of 30 intermediate technicians. …”
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Critical care air transport team and patient transfer unit: A decade of experience of a zonal hospital by Parli Raghavan Ravi, M C Joshi, Manish Dhawan, Sarubh Sud, M N Vijai

“…Aim of the Study: The aim of this study was to highlight the importance of obtaining epidemiological data pertaining to the patients transported by CCATT. Method: Cases were analyzed based on the following criteria: age, sex, diagnosis of patient ,spectrum of disease and trauma, ventilation modes, inotropic support, hours of illness/injury before transport, flying time, flight distance, dedicated missions, interventions done aboard the flight and outcomes in the patient within 48 hours. …”
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Evaluation of transportation of traumatic patients to a trauma center in Tehran by Zafarghandi M, Moeeny M

“…As the effectively transportation of injured patients is one of the most important concerns in developed countries, we tried to evaluate the patients transportation to Sina hospital trauma center in this regard. …”
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Does the “Morning Morality Effect” Apply to Prehospital Anaesthesiologists? An Investigation into Diurnal Changes in Ethical Behaviour by Anne Craveiro Brøchner, Lars Grassmé Binderup, Caroline Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, Søren Mikkelsen

“…Of these, 27.4% (26.9%–27.9%) were escorted to the hospital. The ratio of patient transports to hospital with and without physician escort during the three periods of the day did not differ (<i>p</i> = 1.00). …”
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