BACKGROUND Ambulance offload delay (AOD) has been recognized by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) as an important quality marker. AOD is the time between arrival of a patient by EMS and the time that the EMS crew has given report and moved the patient off of the EMS stretcher, allowing the EMS crew to begin the process of returning to service. The AOD represents a potential de...

Satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) observations have been used to estimate particulate matter smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2.5). However, such a relationship could be affected by the representativeness of satellitederived AOD to surface aerosol particle mass concentration and satellite AOD data quality. Using purely measurementbased methods, we have explored the impacts of data quality and...

BACKGROUND Experience suggests that patients with alcohol and other drug use disorders (AOD) are commonly cared for in our intensive care units (ICU's) and require more sedation. We sought to determine the impact of AOD on sedation requirement and mechanical ventilation (MV) duration. METHODS Retrospective review of randomly selected records of adult patients undergoing MV in the medical ICU....

BACKGROUND Several lines of evidence suggest that the lifetime prevalence of alcohol dependence among women has increased in recent decades, but has not risen significantly for men. Early age at onset of drinking (AOD) is strongly correlated with risk for alcohol dependence and there is evidence that mean AOD has also decreased, particularly for women. The present report sought to confirm the t...

South Africa currently experiences high levels of alcohol and other drug (AOD) abuse. As a result there is a need for the initiation of regional AOD abuse prevention programmes with a specific focus on youth prevention strategies. The Medical Knowledge Institute (MKI) is a non-profit organisation which develops and facilitates health information workshops to members of disadvantaged peri-urban ...

Issues relating to training design, evaluation and transfer are relevant to the Australian alcohol and other drugs (AOD) field due to their virtual absence from the literature. Whilst the AOD field has attempted to identify the composition and roles of frontline AOD workers, efforts to identify, measure and respond to workplace factors that may enhance or inhibit the transfer of training outcom...

We have examined the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Collection 5.1 Level 2 Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) from Deep Blue algorithm and Dark Target approach over Ahmedabad, India for 2002 to 2005. Deep Blue algorithm is observed to be able to retrieve AOD over the Rann of Kuchchh, a region of high surface reflectance which poses difficulty for the Dark Target approach. Microt...

Differences in preweaning growth of calves nursing 2and 3-yr-old dams compared with contemporaries nursing older dams are accentuated in the Miles City Line 1 Hereford herd relative to age-ofdam (AOD) effects implied by preadjustment of 205-d weight in national cattle evaluation. Mixedmodel analyses of 205-d weight that fit random individual direct effects and maternal genetic and permanent env...

OBJECTIVE Young adults are increasingly interacting with their peer groups online through social networking sites. These online interactions may reinforce or escalate alcohol and other drug (AOD) use as a result of more frequent and continuous exposure to AOD promotive norms; however, the influence of young adults' virtual networks on AOD use remains untested. The purpose of this study was to e...

• If there is clinical or radiographic suspicion of AOD, CT of the craniocervical junction is recommended. The CCI determined on CT has the highest diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for AOD among all radiodiagnostic indicators in pediatric patients. The utility of CCI in adult patients has not been reported. • A lateral cervical radiograph is recommended for the diagnosis of AOD. If a radi...