Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in nurses and its relationship with the knowledge of ergonomic and environmental factors by Rokni M, Abadi MH, Saremi M, Mir Mohammadi MT

“…Training of nurses for patient transportation and body position during working in hospital is essential.…”
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Institution-Specific Machine Learning Models for Prehospital Assessment to Predict Hospital Admission: Prediction Model Development Study by Shirakawa, Toru, Sonoo, Tomohiro, Ogura, Kentaro, Fujimori, Ryo, Hara, Konan, Goto, Tadahiro, Hashimoto, Hideki, Takahashi, Yuji, Naraba, Hiromu, Nakamura, Kensuke

“…ResultsOf 5145 patients transported by ambulance, including deaths in the ED and hospital transfers, 2699 (52.5%) required hospital admission. …”
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The dead and the dying - a difficult part of EMS transport: A Swiss cross-sectional study. by Rebecca Maria Hasler, Sandra Stucky, Heinz Bähler, Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Frank Neff

“…The overall mortality rate was 0.9% for all patients transported by EMS to the ED. About one third of all patients received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders (n = 53). …”
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Prehospital score for acute disease: a community-based observational study in Japan by Fujiwara Hidekazu, Tanaka Hiroyuki, Matsuo Yoshio, Toyoda Yasuhiro, Takatorige Toshio, Iso Hiroyasu

“…Among the 6,498 patients transported to the two main hospitals, there were no deaths at scores ≤ 1 and the proportion of non-hospitalization was over 90%. …”
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Characteristics of Sports-Related Emergency Transport: A Population-Based Descriptive Study in Osaka City by Kosuke Kiyohara, Junya Sado, Tasuku Matsuyama, Yusuke Katayama, Sumito Hayashida, Ken Nakata, Tetsuhisa Kitamura

“…Background: Little is known about the characteristics of emergency patients transported to hospital while participating in sports activity. …”
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A Model for Out-of-Hospital Multispecialty Emergency Medicine: Accomplishments and Challenges by George Theocharis, Konstantinos S Kechagias, Michael Oikonomou, Stamatia Chorepsima, Dionisis Rodis, Ioannis Salpigktis, Matthew E Falagas

“…The decreased number of hospitalizations, hospital-related infections, and need for patient transportation are the main advantages of a model for out-of-hospital multispecialty emergency medicine. …”
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Acute pain in the prehospital setting: a register-based study of 41.241 patients by Kristian D. Friesgaard, Ingunn S. Riddervold, Hans Kirkegaard, Erika F. Christensen, Lone Nikolajsen

“…Methods This was a register-based study on 41.241 patients transported by ambulance. Information on moderate to severe pain [Numeric Rating Scale (NRS, 0–10) > 3 or moderate pain or higher on 4-point likert scale] was extracted from a national electronic prehospital patient record. …”
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Mortality rates in Norwegian HEMS—a retrospective analysis from Central Norway by Stian Lande Wekre, Oddvar Uleberg, Lars Eide Næss, Helge Haugland

“…Conclusion Among patients transported by Trondheim HEMS, we observed an incremental rise in mortality rates with increasing NACA scores. …”
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Intubation during a medevac flight: safety and effect on total prehospital time in the helicopter emergency medical service system by Hiroki Maeyama, Hiromichi Naito, Francis X. Guyette, Takashi Yorifuji, Yuki Banshotani, Daisaku Matsui, Tetsuya Yumoto, Atsunori Nakao, Makoto Kobayashi

“…Results We analyzed 376 patients transported during the study period, 192 patients in the FG and 184 patients in the GG. …”
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Geographic Analysis of Mobile Stroke Unit Treatment in a Dense Urban Area: The New York City METRONOME Registry by Benjamin R. Kummer, Mackenzie P. Lerario, Madeleine D. Hunter, Xian Wu, Elizabeth S. Efraim, Setareh Salehi Omran, Monica L. Chen, Ivan L. Diaz, Daniel Sacchetti, Tim Lekic, Erin R. Kulick, Sammy Pishanidar, Saad A. Mir, Yi Zhang, Glenn Asaeda, Babak B. Navi, Randolph S. Marshall, Matthew E. Fink

“…The comparison group included patients transported to our hospitals via conventional ambulance for acute ischemic stroke during the same hours of MSU operation (Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm). …”
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Prehospital Lactate Predicts Need for Resuscitative Care in Non-hypotensive Trauma Patients by Alexander E. St. John, Andrew M. McCoy, Allison G. Moyes, Francis X. Guyette, Eileen M. Bulger, Michael R. Sayre

“…Methods: This was a secondary analysis from a prospective cohort study of all trauma patients transported by ALS units over a 14-month period. …”
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Outcomes of Emergency Medical Service Usage in Severe Road Traffic Injury during Thai Holidays by Sattha Riyapan, Phanthanee Thitichai, Wansiri Chaisirin, Tanyaporn Nakornchai, Tipa Chakorn

“…Conclusion: In this cohort, severe RTI patients transported by EMS had a significantly higher mortality rate than those who went to hospitals using private vehicles during these holidays.…”
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INTRAHOSPITAL TRANSPORT OF PATIENTS WITH RUPTURE OF CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM by A. V. Lokhov, V. I. Gorbachev, E. Yu. Sedova, S. M. Gorbacheva, N. V. Likholetova

“…The need for additional sedation has been justified for the patients transported while being on the artificial pulmonary ventilation.…”
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Demographic profile of COVID-19 patients reporting to the triage area of a dedicated COVID-19 hospital (DCH) in Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India by P. Adhikari, Manohar Bhatia, Ghanshyam Ahirwar, Shubhanshu Gupta, P. Sukla, Sarvesh Kumar

“…The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics of possible and confirmed COVID-19 patients transported to hospital by ambulance or self-presenting during April and May 2021, to see which symptoms indicated the likelihood of a severe, moderate or mild case that would enable the patient to be appropriately triaged to a COVID Care Centre (CCC); Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital (DCH) or Dedicated COVID Healthcare Centre (DCHC) respectively. …”
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Observational study on implications of the COVID-19-pandemic for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: qualitative and quantitative insights from a model... by Domagoj Damjanovic, Jan-Steffen Pooth, Rebecca Steger, Martin Boeker, Michael Steger, Julian Ganter, Tobias Hack, Klemens Baldas, Paul Marc Biever, Daniel Schmitz, Hans-Jörg Busch, Michael Patrick Müller, Georg Trummer, Bonaventura Schmid

“…Conclusion In our region, bystander CPR in witnessed OHCA cases as well as the number of patients transported to hospital significantly decreased during the first pandemic wave. …”
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An Evaluation of Patients Brought to the Pediatric Emergency Department by Ambulance by İbrahim Hakan Bucak, Habip Almış, Samet Benli, Mehmet Geyik, Mehmet Turgut

“…Introduction:Patient transportation by ambulance is a life-saving health step for patients with life-threatening conditions requiring urgent treatment. …”
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Infection and death by COVID-19 in a cohort of healthcare workers in Mexico by Eduardo Robles-Pérez, Belinda González-Díaz, Maximino Miranda-García, Victor Hugo Borja-Aburto

“…Doctors had lower risk of infection than respiratory therapists, nurses, and patient transporters, among whom interventions should be reconsidered to reduce risks. …”
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Evaluation of factors related to overdose in patients with impaired consciousness who are transported by emergency medical services: an age-specific research by Kazuki Nagashima, Megumi Sumida, Shoichi Imanaka, Tatsuro Kuwabara, Ichiro Kaneko, Yasufumi Miyake, Nobuhiro Yasuno, Fumio Itagaki, Machiko Watanabe

“…Methods We evaluated 222 patients transported to the Advanced Critical Care Center of Teikyo University Hospital due to disorders of consciousness. …”
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Outcomes of Traffic Accident Patients Transferred by Air and Ground Ambulance: Propensity Score Matching by Amir Hamta, Mina Gaeeni, Mohammad Reza Azadeh, Mohammad Parvaresh Masoud

“…Conclusion: The patients transported by helicopter were not significantly different from ground ambulances transported patients regarding staying in the intensive care unit, mechanical ventilation, and hospitalization, but they more needed immediate surgery. …”
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Investigating the Causes and Consequences of Transporting Patients by Air Ambulance to Shiraz Hospitals by Mohammad Javad Moradian, Behnaz Rastegarfar, farahnaz fooladband, Zahra Tofighigi, Mohammad reza Rastegar

“…Results: From among all patients transported by air ambulance, 68% were male and 53% lived in urban areas of Fars province. …”
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