OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of full implementation of advanced skills by ambulance personnel on the outcome from out of hospital cardiac arrest. SETTING Patients with cardiac arrest treated at the accident and emergency department of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. METHODS All cardiorespiratory arrests occurring in the community were studied over a one year period. For patients arrest...

background: sixty-two percent of the young people between 16 to 24 years-old living in the catchment area of the study take 5 glasses and more in one occasion as compared to 45.8% in the entire france. previous studies showed that if the alcohol consumption starts earlier, the risk for alcohol dependence increases at the adult age. in some countries, the motivational intervention has been alrea...

INTRODUCTION This study investigated facilitators and barriers to adoption of an at-scene patient education program by firefighter emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in King County, Washington. METHODS We consulted providers of emergency medical services (EMS) to develop a patient education pamphlet in the form of a tear-off sheet that could be attached to the EMT medical incident report. T...