Safe access/egress systems for emergency ambulances
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Safe access/egress systems for emergency ambulances.
OBJECTIVE To comparatively evaluate the three most widely used ambulance stretcher loading systems; easi-loader, ramp/winch and tail lift to identify a preferred system based on safety and usability evidence. METHODS Three data types were collected in the field, the laboratory and from a national questionnaire. Field data were collected using the qualitative methods of observation (link analy...
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Background Prognostication in patients with cardiac arrest (CA) is (amongst other things) dependent on the duration of the CA. However in patients with out-of-hospital CA, the patient is often handed over from the ambulance crew to hospital staff. During the hand-over ambulance crews often present a printed summary of events during the resuscitation attempt from the defibrillator. As treatment ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.041707