@article{ref1,
title="Dashing with scooters to in-hospital emergencies: a randomised cross-over experiment",
journal="Resuscitation",
year="2002",
author="Herkner, Harald and Eisenburger, Philip and Havel, Christof and Laggner, Anton N.",
volume="52",
number="3",
pages="293-296",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Physical exhaustion is a frequent condition in emergency medical teams after in-house emergency runs, which might affect the quality of advanced care. Newly available light-weight scooters may reduce exertion as measured by the cardiovascular response in these circumstances and, therefore, may reduce physical exhaustion on arrival. METHODS: We undertook a randomised cross-over trial in a simulated in-house emergency alarm run to examine the influence of scooting compared with conventional running on pulse rate (primary outcome), manual skillfulness and response time. RESULTS: We tested 24 emergency department professionals in eight emergency medical teams. After scooting the pulse rate was significantly lower compared with conventional running [157 (IQR 145-169) vs. 170 (IQR 154-175) min(-1), P=0.004]. After the simulated emergency alarm run no difference was found in manual skillfulness and response time between scooting and running. CONCLUSION: Using scooters for simulated in-house emergency alarm runs markedly reduces the cardiovascular response of emergency medical teams.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0300-9572",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}