der folgende text, der unter der betreuung von herrn dr. touraj rahnema entstanden ist, erw?hnt zuerst kurz die bestimmenden züge der literarischen schule, die im europ?ischen kulturraum allgemein als romantik verstanden wird, will aber darüber hinaus die romantik als eine art lebenshaltung und kunstverst?ndnis begreifen, die unabh?ngig von einer bestimmten kunstperiode genauso auch in ?stliche...

A new ambulance is helping deliver emergency medical care in a manner that is intended to improve safety for patients as well as providers, increase efficiency during patient care, decrease supply costs and provide better communication with hospital staff. The ambulance is a working proof of concept using a beta version of Ferno’s new modular iN∫Traxx component set. The ambulance was built for ...

OBJECTIVES Adherence to prehospital guidelines and protocols is suboptimal. Insight into influencing factors is necessary to improve adherence. The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence ambulance nurses' adherence to a National Protocol Ambulance Care (NPAC). METHODS A questionnaire was developed using the literature, a questionnaire and expert opinion. Ambulance nurses (n=...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The National Stroke Foundation of Australia has run 12 public awareness campaigns since 2004. Campaign exposure and funding has varied annually and regionally during this time. The aim of this study was to measure the effect of campaigns on calls to ambulance for stroke across Australia in exposed regions (paid or pro bono advertising). METHODS All ambulance services in...

OBJECTIVES To assess the degree of inappropriate use of the London Ambulance Service and analyse the reasons for misuse. DESIGN An immediate assessment of the appropriateness of the "999" call by the ambulanceperson and casualty senior house officer followed by a retrospective review of each case by the accident and emergency (A&E) consultant. SETTING A busy inner London A&E department. M...

BACKGROUND Current ambulance quality and performance measures, such as response times, do not reflect the wider scope of care that services now provide. Using a three-stage consensus process, we aimed to identify new ways of measuring ambulance service quality and performance that represent service provider and public perspectives. DESIGN A multistakeholder consensus event, modified Delphi st...

This is the first paper on suicidal ideation and attempts among ambulance personnel. This study aimed to investigate levels of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among ambulance personnel, and to identify important correlates and the factors to which ambulance personnel attribute their serious suicidal ideation. A comprehensive nationwide questionnaire survey of 1,180 operational ambulance ...

Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) improves out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival. In settings with prolonged ambulance response times, skilled bystanders may be even more crucial. In 2010, American Heart Association (AHA) and European Resuscitation Council (ERC) introduced compression-only CPR as an alternative to conventional bystander CPR under some circumstances. The pur...