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Emergency and critical care services in Somalia: a cross-sectional nationwide hospital assessment using the WHO Hospital Emergency Unit assessment tool
Data on emergency and critical care services in Somalia and other countries with fragile and conflict-affected (FCA) situations are limited, although the burden of emergency health conditions remain high. Improving emergency care services could…
Factors associated with overall and high-risk return visits to the emergency department: a vital sign trajectory approach
For patients and emergency department (ED) physicians, return visits to the ED represent a potentially detrimental issue. In this study, our goal was to examine factors associated with overall and high-risk ED revisits. Specifically, as vital signs…
Does the “state of disaster” response have a downside? Hospital incident command group leaders’ experiences of a terrorist-induced major incident: a qualitative study
The data created from the interviews identified barriers and facilitators for hospital response as well as aligned with previously established categories: Expectations, prior experience, and uncertainty affect hospital incident command group response…
Rural hospital incident command leaders’ perceptions of disaster preparedness
Rural hospital incident command leaders’ perceptions of disaster preparedness
Development of a severity score based on the International Classification of Disease-10 for general patients visiting emergency centers
When comparing mortality, the severity of illness or injury should be considered; therefore, scoring systems that represent severity have been developed and used. Given that diagnosis codes in the International Classification of Disease (ICD) and…
TiMON: a real-time integrated monitor for improving the placement and wear of emergency tourniquets
The use of emergency tourniquets among military personnel has helped to dramatically reduce battlefield deaths and has recently gained popularity in the civilian sector. Yet, even well-trained individuals can find it difficult to assess proper…
Assessment of ambulance interventions; proposal of a performance measurement framework for healthcare improvement in EMS response to patient collapse
Healthcare improvement at all levels involves systematic and continuous assessment of the system’s operations, efficiency, and effectiveness to ensure quality care. Likewise, in Emergency Medical Services; performance measurement and root cause…
alidation of the PEACE score for predicting abnormal echocardiographic findings in pulmonary embolism patients
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening condition requiring rapid risk stratification for optimal management. The Pulmonary Embolism Advanced Cardiac Evaluation (PEACE) Score is a novel tool integrating clinical, laboratory, and…
The work system of prehospital medication administration: a qualitative mixed methods study with ambulance professionals
The characteristics of medication administration within the prehospital setting are underexplored. Ambulance professionals operate under varied levels of responsibility, dependent on their training and collaboration with local emergency facilities…
Co-design of a Mobile Stroke Unit pathway highlights uncertainties and trade-offs for viable system-wide implementation in the English and Welsh NHS
Mobile stroke units (MSUs) are specialist ambulances equipped with scanning and point of care testing that can identify patients eligible for intravenous thrombolysis – medication to dissolve a clot used in ischaemic strokes – and provide this on…