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Correction: Association between three prehospital thoracic decompression techniques by physicians and complications: a retrospective, multicentre study in adults
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Association between three prehospital thoracic decompression techniques by physicians and complications: a retrospective, multicentre study in adults
We sought to compare the complication rates of prehospital needle decompression, finger thoracostomy and three tube thoracostomy systems (Argyle, Frontline kits and endotracheal tubes) and to determine if fing...
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Defining Climate-Smart Forestry
Climate-Smart Forestry (CSF) is a develo** concept to help policymakers and practitioners develop focused forestry governance and management to adapt to and mitigate climate change. Within the EU COST Action...
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Climate-Smart Silviculture in Mountain Regions
Mountain forests in Europe have to face recently speeding-up phenomena related to climate change, reflected not only by the increases in the mean global temperature but also by frequent extreme events, that ca...
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Open AccessSuccess and complications by team composition for prehospital paediatric intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Clinical team composition for prehospital paediatric intubation may affect success and complication rates. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the success and complication rates by ...
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Open AccessPhysician staffed helicopter emergency medical service case identification - a before and after study in children
Severely injured children may have better outcomes when transported directly to a Paediatric Trauma Centre (PTC). A case identification system using the crew of a physician staffed helicopter emergency medical...
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Open AccessPrehospital response model and time to CT scan in blunt trauma patients; an exploratory analysis of data from the head injury retrieval trial
It has been suggested that prehospital care teams that can provide advanced prehospital interventions may decrease the transit time through the ED to CT scan and subsequent surgery. This study is an explorator...
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Open AccessStudy protocol for the PHANTOM study: prehospital assessment of noninvasive tissue oximetry monitoring
Traumatic brain injury is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. It can be worsened by secondary injury particularly with hypoxia or hypotension. Current prehospital guidelines emphasise regular m...
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Open AccessPhysician staffed helicopter emergency medical service dispatch via centralised control or directly by crew – case identification rates and effect on the Sydney paediatric trauma system
Severe paediatric trauma patients benefit from direct transport to dedicated Paediatric Trauma Centres (PTC). Parallel case identification systems utilising paramedics from a centralised dispatch centre versus...
