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Pre-hospital analgesia in pediatric trauma and critically ill patients: An analysis of a German air rescue service
BackgroundPain management in the pre-hospital setting remains a particular challenge for paramedics and emergency physicians, especially in children....
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Firefighters and police search dog handlers’ experiences working closely with paramedics in urban search and rescue incidents: a qualitative focus group study from Oslo
BackgroundRescue operations are in Norway defined as situations where patients are difficult to access or that more resources are needed than the...
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Impact of a surfer rescue training program in Australia and New Zealand: a mixed methods evaluation
BackgroundSurfers play a critical role in coastal drowning prevention, conservatively estimated to make as many rescues as beach lifeguards. The...
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Preparedness for mass gatherings: rescue and emergency medical services’ workloads during mass gathering events
BackgroundMass gathering (MG) events may cause delayed emergency responses via various mechanisms and strain the resources of local emergency...
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Using geographic rescue time contours, point-of-care strategies, and spatial care paths to prepare island communities for global warming, rising oceans, and weather disasters
ObjectivesTo perform geographic contour analysis of sea and land ambulance rescue times in an archipelago subject to super typhoons; to design...
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Experience and training needs of nurses in military hospital on emergency rescue at high altitude: a qualitative meta-synthesis
BackgroundNurses play an important role in the treatment of war wounds on the plateau, and they face multiple challenges and a variety of needs in...
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Failure to Rescue in Major Abdominal Surgery: A Regional Australian Experience
BackgroundFailure to rescue (FTR) is increasingly recognised as a measure of the quality care provided by a health service in recognising and...
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Hormonal and Subjectively Perceived Stress of the Emergency Physicians of the Airborne Rescue Service
Due to their work activities, emergency physicians are regularly exposed to exceptional mental and physical situations. In order to prevent...
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Nationwide volume–outcome relationship concerning in-hospital mortality and failure-to-rescue in surgery of sigmoid diverticulitis
PurposeA correlation between the hospital volume and outcome is described for multiple entities of oncological surgery. To date, this has not been...
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What is the best way to keep the patient warm during technical rescue? Results from two prospective randomised controlled studies with healthy volunteers
BackgroundAccidental hypothermia is a manifest problem during the rescue of entrapped victims and results in different subsequent problems as...
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Exploring stress management strategies among emergency medical service providers in Iran: a qualitative content analysis
BackgroundEmergency medical service providers are frequently exposed to a variety of stressors as a result of their work environment. These stressors...
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Incidence and challenges of helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) rescue missions with helicopter hoist operations: analysis of 11,228 daytime and nighttime missions in Switzerland
ObjectiveWe aimed to investigate the medical characteristics of helicopter hoist operations (HHO) in HEMS missions.
MethodsWe designed a...
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The efficacy of a visiting surgical service versus that of a hospital-based surgical service in providing endoscopic endonasal surgery to remove nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas in rural communities
PurposeTo satisfy the increasing demand for endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) to treat pituitary tumors, especially in rural areas, the “mobile...
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Comparison of different mechanical chest compression devices in the alpine rescue setting: a randomized triple crossover experiment
BackgroundCardiopulmonary resuscitation in mountain environment is challenging. Continuous chest compressions during transport or hoist rescue are...
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Use of roller pump in venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as an emergency rescue procedure
A 41 years old male patient, having acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to viral pneumonia, was put on venovenous (VV) extracorporeal...
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A Delphi study of rescue and clinical subject matter experts on the extrication of patients following a motor vehicle collision
BackgroundApproximately 1.3 million people die each year globally as a direct result of motor vehicle collisions (MVCs). Following an MVC some...
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Medical fitness to drive, emergency service vehicles and crash risk
BackgroundEmergency service vehicle (ESV) drivers are an important part of the health, fire and police services. ESV driving is associated with...
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Factors influencing on-scene time in a physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS): a retrospective observational study
BackgroundFor helicopter emergency service systems (HEMS), the prehospital time consists of response time, on-scene time and transport time. Little...
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Subjective perceptions of workload and stress of emergency service personnel depending on work-related behavior and experience patterns
PurposeStressors due to the workload in the ambulance service are numerous and can be positively counteracted by work-related behaviors and...
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Helicopter inter-hospital transfer for patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a retrospective 12-year analysis of a service system
BackgroundPatients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are critically ill and show high mortality. Inter-hospital transfer of these...
