introduction : pre-hospital emergency systems provide service by franco-german and anglo american models. this study was carried out to compare the iranian emergency medical service (ems) with the two models regarding timing and equipment. methods : in this cross sectional study, response time, scene time, and transport time to hospital as well as ambulance equipment of five hundred thousand te...

Response time is a very important factor in determining the quality of prehospital EMS. Our objective was to model the response by Israeli ambulances and to offer model-derived strategies for improved deployment of ambulances to reduce response time. Using a geographic information system (GIS), a retrospective review of computerized ambulance call and dispatch logs was performed in two differen...

Background: Pre-hospital emergency medical services are one of the vital parts health system, which was created to timely diagnose and treat patients injured in life-threatening conditions. The use motorcycles has increased recent years reach golden time standard overcome traffic some countries, especially Iran. This study conducted investigate effectiveness a motor ambulance compared an Tehran...

Emergency medical service (EMS) systems are public services that often provide the first line of response to urgent health care needs within a community. Unfortunately, it has been widely documented that large disparities in access to care exist between rural and urban communities. While rural EMS is provided through a variety of resources (e.g. air ambulances, volunteer corps, etc.), in this p...

There are different approaches to reduce excessive crying of babies. Studies prove positive effects of single measures, e. g. certain diets, acupuncture or psychological approaches improve the crying behaviour. No evaluation data support the effectiveness of the examined crying 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...

General practice secondments are being increasingly undertaken by specialist registrars in accident and emergency (A&E) medicine. This paper describes how two A&E trainees arranged general practice secondments and the experiences gained. There follows a discussion ofthe benefits to the general practice and trainees involved, together with a contemporary consideration of the interaction between ...

A simple algorithm has been produced to assist front line ground ambulance personnel, air ambulance crews, and immediate care doctors attending trauma patients in selecting the most appropriate mode of transport from the incident scene to hospital.