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Prehospital emergency care

Year: 2019
Articles in SafetyLit: 15

Advanced practice providers in the field: implementation of the Los Angeles Fire Department advanced provider response unit

Cervical spine motion during vehicle extrication of healthy volunteers

Characteristics of neighborhoods where emergency medical services encounter children at risk for maltreatment

Comparing the accuracy of mass casualty triage systems when used in an adult population

Dutch prospective observational study on prehospital treatment of severe traumatic brain injury: the BRAIN-PROTECT study protocol

Epidemiology of Prehospital Care at the San Diego (USA) - Tijuana (Mexico) International Border Crossing

Evaluation of a selective prehospital pediatric spinal protection protocol

Evaluation of trauma triage criteria performance in a regional trauma system

Evidence-based guidelines for EMS administration of naloxone

Existing science on human factors and ergonomics in the design of ambulances and EMS equipment

Impact of a new 9-1-1 dispatch system on call-processing times for time-critical emergencies in the City of Los Angeles

Predictors of hypothermia upon trauma centre arrival in severe trauma patients transported to hospital via EMS

Prehospital protocols reducing long spinal board use are not associated with a change in incidence of spinal cord injury

Quality assessment of expired naloxone products from first-responders' supplies

The effect of physician-staffed Emergency Medical Services (P-EMS) on the outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury. A review of the literature