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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.
CT imaging in post-resuscitation care of non-traumatic resuscitation room patients in German hospitals
Out of 994 hospitals contacted, 182 hospitals from 15 German federal states participated, yielding a response rate of 18.3%. The overall completion rate for the whole questionnaire was 12.2% (n = 121/994). In the survey, 9.6% (n = 15/157) of…
Trauma referral audit impact assessment on the outcomes of injured patients via an interrupted time-series analysis: an 11-year before-and-after study of trauma cases at the Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai hospital, Thailand
Overcrowding in emergency departments (EDs) due to injured patients who do not need urgent treatment can lead to less efficacious healthcare outcomes for those that do. The trauma referral audit (TRA) was developed to support medical staff and ensure…
Translation and psychometric evaluation of the Witness Perceived Safety Scale of prehospital emergency care
Timely, effective and safety out-of hospital care and transfer to hospital by prehospital emergency medical services significantly impacts patient outcomes. This study aimed at translation and psychometric evaluation of the witness perceived safety…