A US National Study of the Association Between Income and Ambulance Response Time in Cardiac Arrest
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5202
Abstract: Key Points Question Are ambulance 9-1-1 times longer in high-income compared with low-income areas, and how do response times compare with national benchmarks across income quartiles? Findings In this US national, cross-sectional study of 63 600… read more here.
Keywords: response; study; cardiac arrest; ambulance ... See more keywords
Analysis of Time to the Hospital and Ambulance Use Following a Stroke Community Education Intervention in China
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.12674
Abstract: Key Points Question Is Stroke 1-2-0, a community education campaign on rapid assessment of an individual potentially having a stroke, associated with time to arrival at the hospital and the use of an ambulance? Findings… read more here.
Keywords: time; ambulance; hospital; stroke community ... See more keywords
Changes in ambulance departures for assault calls during COVID‐19 pandemic restrictions
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DOI: 10.1002/ab.22055
Abstract: Abstract Restrictions related to COVID‐19 changed the daily behavior of people, including the expression of violence. Although an increased incidence of violent behavior, especially domestic violence, was expected during the pandemic, retrospective analyses have yielded… read more here.
Keywords: ambulance departures; changes ambulance; ambulance; domestic violence ... See more keywords
Workers' compensation injury claims among workers in the private ambulance services industry—Ohio, 2001–2011
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DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22917
Abstract: BACKGROUND Ambulance service workers frequently transfer and transport patients. These tasks involve occupational injury risks such as heavy lifting, awkward postures, and frequent motor vehicle travel. METHODS We examined Ohio workers' compensation injury claims among… read more here.
Keywords: injury claims; workers compensation; compensation injury; claims among ... See more keywords
Ambulance nurses' experiences of deciding a patient does not require ambulance care
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DOI: 10.1002/nop2.255
Abstract: To describe ambulance nurses' experience of deciding a patient does not require ambulance care. read more here.
Keywords: ambulance nurses; require ambulance; ambulance; deciding patient ... See more keywords
Association between ambulance use and hospitalization costs among heart failure patients
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DOI: 10.1007/s00380-020-01732-8
Abstract: Heart failure is the main cause of hospitalization, which burdens the healthcare system. Although many hospitalizations for heart failure follow ambulance use, it is unknown whether ambulance use increases hospitalization costs. Using the Diagnosis Procedure… read more here.
Keywords: heart failure; ambulance use; ambulance;
Temperature-sensitive morbidity indicator: consequence from the increased ambulance dispatches associated with heat and cold exposure
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DOI: 10.1007/s00484-021-02143-8
Abstract: Current development of temperature-related health early warning systems mainly arises from knowledge of temperature-related mortality or hospital-based morbidity. However, due to the delay in data reporting and limits in hospital capacity, these indicators cannot be… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; cold exposure; health; ambulance ... See more keywords
Combination of micro and cloud-based system to ambulance
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DOI: 10.1007/s00542-016-3217-4
Abstract: This paper presents the integrated system of patients vital monitoring in the ambulance. It provides a real time cloud-based management platform of the ambulance tracking function with Raspberry Pi 2B which integrates 3G dongle, webcam… read more here.
Keywords: system; micro cloud; combination micro; ambulance ... See more keywords
Service-Level Agreement—Energy Cooperative Quickest Ambulance Routing for Critical Healthcare Services
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DOI: 10.1007/s13369-018-3687-z
Abstract: In this study, the problem of critical ambulance routing scheme, which is a significant variant of the quickest path problem (QPP), was investigated. The proposed QPP incorporates additional factors, such as service-level agreement (SLA) and… read more here.
Keywords: critical healthcare; ambulance; energy cooperative; cooperative quickest ... See more keywords
Reducing the Ambulance Siren Noise for Distant Auscultation of the Lung Sound
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DOI: 10.1007/s40857-017-0109-4
Abstract: Ambulance sirens sound very loud for transportation safety. However, loud sounds interfere with the auscultation of lung sounds. This study proposed an auscultation system that includes (1) an ACER Aspire 17 notebook as a server;… read more here.
Keywords: distant auscultation; auscultation lung; siren noise; ambulance ... See more keywords
Bi‐objective approach for placing ground and air ambulance base and helipad locations in order to optimize EMS response
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.06.026
Abstract: Abstract Shortening the travel time of patient transfer has clinical implications for many conditions such as cardiac arrest, trauma, stroke and STEMI. As resources are often limited precise calculations are needed. In this paper we… read more here.
Keywords: approach placing; ground; objective approach; ambulance ... See more keywords