s 13th World Congress for Disaster and Emergency Medicine S77 Prehospital Care in Rural Settings AttilaJ. Hertelendy, BHsc, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA Oxford, Mississippi USA The delivery of prehospital care in a rural setting requires a conceptual framework quite different from that required in urban and suburban environments, given that available resources ...

INTRODUCTION The role of the emergency medical dispatch centre (EMDC) is essential to ensure coordinated and safe prehospital care. The aim of this study was to implement an incident report (IR) system in prehospital emergency care management with a view to detecting errors occurring in this setting and guiding the implementation of safety improvement initiatives. METHODS An ad hoc IR form fo...

introduction this study determines the effect of prehospital time and advanced trauma life support interventions for trauma patients transported to an our trauma center. materials and methods this study was a retrospective study of trauma victims presenting to a trauma center in central iran by emergency medical services (ems) and hospitalized for more than 24 hours. demographic and injury char...

Objectives: To explore the challenges and experiences of Prehospital Emergency Personnel in context COVID-19 pandemic Iran. Design: Qualitative study Setting: Medical Services (EMS), Participants: 15 personnel were invited to participate. Semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted between Januarys March 2021. Results: Themes relating COVID – 19 were: Lack preparedness EMS for pandemic, short...

Background: The challenges of health systems emphasize the need for more motivated employees to perform better and more effectively. Therefore, pervasive attention to job satisfaction of these employees is a matter of course. Objectives: The present study aimed at investigating factors affecting job satisfaction in emergency medical services (EMS) staff of Zanjan Province, Iran, in 2019. Meth...

BACKGROUND High energy trauma is rare and, as a result, training of prehospital care providers often takes place during the real situation, with the patient as the object for the learning process. Such training could instead be carried out in the context of simulation, out of danger for both patients and personnel. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the development and foci of ...

Objectives Emergency medical system for mass casualty incidents (EMS-MCIs) is a global issue. However, China lacks such studies extremely, which cannot meet the requirement of rapid decision-support system. This study aims to realize modeling EMS-MCIs in Shanghai, to improve mass casualty incident (MCI) rescue efficiency in China, and to provide a possible method of making rapid rescue decision...

Prehospital notification of the stroke team in alerting incoming acute patient has been practiced several countries worldwide. Currently this is not Malaysia. This study evaluates feasibility and impact to door review time when prehospital employed. Duration case control was between June 2018 January 2019. Control phase consists conventionally activating after in-hospital assessment by emergenc...