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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…
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…
Empowering future nurses: a comparative study of nursing students’ disaster literacy and response self-efficacy in Türkiye and Iran
As disasters become more frequent and severe, their impact on global health systems grows, highlighting the critical need for disaster preparedness in nursing education. As future healthcare providers, nursing students must be equipped with the…
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…
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…
Comparison of emergency physician opinions with MSOFA and PREMEWS scores in determining the necessity of non-traumatic internal medicine patient transfers to the emergency department: a longitudinal study
Accurate prehospital decision-making is critical in emergency care to ensure the appropriate use of resources and optimal patient outcomes. However, the alignment between emergency physicians’ clinical judgments and scoring systems such as…
How much time do nurses in Norwegian emergency departments spend on different work tasks with and without a clinical pharmacist present—a time and motion study
The emergency department (ED) is a demanding work environment where nurses undertake a variety of clinical and administrative tasks, including medication-related tasks. The integration of a clinical pharmacist into the ED team represents a complex…
First responders’ experiences with major earthquakes in Türkiye: a qualitative study of innovation needs and challenges
The response phase is a phase of disaster management that begins when a disaster occurs. The experience of the First Responders who responded in the first days to the 2023 earthquake in Turkey, which killed more than fifty thousand people, is…
Appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration and predictors of return of spontaneous circulation in traumatic cardiac arrest
Despite advances in trauma care, traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) shows significantly poorer outcomes compared to non-traumatic cardiac arrest, with mortality rates exceeding 96%. However, no standardized protocol exists for appropriate cardiopulmonary…
Prevalence and determinant of poor treatment outcome of poisoning in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis
Acute poisoning is a medical emergency that can be caused by exposure to significant levels of any chemical and has toxic consequences that typically manifest within hours of exposure, leading to significant morbidity and mortality.