Background: The aim of this study was to assess the pre-hospital emergency services, non-surgical interventions, and clinical outcomes in patients with traumatic spine referred to Poursina hospital in Guilan. Methods: Spine trauma registry of Poursina hospital of Rasht were used. Records of patients with traumatic spine were reviewed for pre-hospital emergency services, non-surgical interventi...

iran is one of the countries with considerable road traffic injuries.  pre-hospital interventions have an important role in preventing mortalities and disabilities caused by traffic accidents. the present study aimed to explore the barriers of pre-hospital care in traffic injuries in tehran, iran. a qualitative content analysis approach was conducted based on 21 semi-structured interviews with ...

BACKGROUND Early transfusion of packed red blood cells (PRBC) has been associated with improved survival in patients with haemorrhagic shock. This study aims to describe the characteristics of patients receiving pre-hospital blood transfusion and evaluate their subsequent need for in-hospital transfusion and surgery. METHODS The decision to administer a pre-hospital PRBC transfusion was based...

BACKGROUND Physician-manned emergency medical teams supplement other emergency medical services in some countries. These teams are often selectively deployed to patients who are considered likely to require critical care treatment in the pre-hospital phase. The evidence base for guidelines for pre-hospital triage and immediate medical care is often poor. We used a recognised consensus methodolo...

iRevive is a sensor-supported, pre-hospital patient care system for the capture and transmittal of electronic patient data from the field to hospitals. It is being developed by 10Blade and Boston MedFlight. iRevive takes advantage of emerging technologies to offer a robust, flexible, and extensible IT infrastructure for patient data collection.

The cross-disciplinary MIME project aims to develop a mobile medical monitoring system that improves handover transactions in rural pre-hospital scenarios between the first person on scene and ambulance clinicians. NLG is used to produce a textual handover report at any time, summarising data from novel medical sensors, as well as observations and actions recorded by the carer. We describe the ...

Assessment and management of pain in pre-hospital care settings are important aspects of paramedic and clinical team roles. As emergency department waiting times and delays in paramedic-to-nurse handover increase, it becomes more and more vital that patients receive adequate pre-hospital pain relief. However, administration of analgesia can be inadequate and can result in patients experiencing ...