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Open knowledge formEmergency Medical Services
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS
Description
This document shows that improved organization and planning for emergency care canbe done at a reasonable cost and lead to more appropriate useof resources, improved care, and better outcomes.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SERVICES IN REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA — STRUCTURE, FUNCTIONS AND ACTUAL STATUS OF MEDICAL STAFF
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS The Scene
Description
This document describes the state of the Emergency Medical Services in Bulgaria
Re-profiling emergency medical services in Greece
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS The Scene
Description
This report presents the results of an assessment of emergency medical services in Greece.
Emergency Medical Care in Turkey: Current Status and Future Directions
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS Gaps and Challenges The Scene
Description
The article outlines recent developments in the delivery of emergency medicine and prehospital care in the Republic of Turkey.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation performed by trained providers and shorter time to emergency medical team arrival increased patients’ survival rates in Istra County, Croatia: a retrospective study
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS The Scene
Description
This article assesses the effect of the time for emergency medical services (EMS) arrival on resuscitation outcome in the transition period of the EMS system in Istra County.
Evaluation of a Rural Emergency Medical Service Project in Germany: Protocol for a Multimethod and Multiperspective Longitudinal Analysis
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS Gaps and Challenges
Description
The document reports on the a project which sought to realign emergency medicine in rural areas and enhancing the quality of medical emergency care in the long term
Use of pre-hospital emergency medical services in urban and rural municipalities over a 10 year period: an observational study based on routinely collected dispatch data.
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS Gaps and Challenges The Scene
Description
This report comments on the results of a study which sought to investigate utilization patterns over a ten year period, and to compare utilization trends between urban and rural municipalities and between events with and without prehospital emergency physician (PEP) dispatch.
Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for COVID-19 in the United States
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS Gaps and Challenges The Scene Medical Treatment
Description
This guidance applies to all first responders, including law enforcement, fire services, emergency medical services, and emergency management officials, who anticipate close contact with persons with confirmed or possible COVID-19 in the course of their work.
CEN AND CENELEC MAKE EUROPEAN STANDARDS AVAILABLE TO HELP PREVENT THE COVID-19 CONTAGION
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS Gaps and Challenges Technology The Scene Safety and Situational Awareness
Description
In response to the coronavirus outbreak, CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, agreed, in collaboration with all their Members and after the urgent request from the European Commission, to make freely available a series of European standards (ENs) for medical devices and personal protective equipment used in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prehospital management provided by medical on-scene commanders in tunnel incidents in Oslo, Norway – an interview study
- Language: English
- Tags: EMS Gaps and Challenges The Scene
Description
The aim of this study is to shed light on the emergency medical service experiences from real tunnel incidents described by the Oslo medical on-scene commanders.