SMJ articles in the category "prehospital"

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Telesimulation to Improve Critical Decision-Making in Prehospital Airway Management: A Feasibility Study

Objectives: Telesimulation, in which learners and evaluators use technology to connect remotely to simulation-based learning activities, is effective for skills and decision-making review. Historical models in which learners are colocated with the simulation equipment have inherent issues, especially for emergency medical services (EMS) providers. This feasibility study placed the evaluators…

Posted in: airway management 3 continuing education 3 prehospital 3

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Prehospital Airway Management in Iraq and Afghanistan: A Descriptive Analysis

Objectives: Airway failures are the second leading cause of potentially preventable death on the battlefield. Improvements in airway management depend on identifying current challenges. We sought to build on previously reported data on prehospital, combat airway management. Methods: We used a series of emergency department procedure codes to identify patients…

Posted in: airway 4 intubation 2 military 5 prehospital 3

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Two Types of Prehospital Systems Interventions that Triage Low-Acuity Patients to Alternative Sites of Care

Objectives: This study retrospectively compared alternatives for navigating low-acuity patients in two emergency medical services systems. System A involved a response to every 9-1-1 request with an “evaluate, treat, and refer” process, in which paramedics decided whether patients could be treated on-scene and referred to a primary care provider or…

Posted in: emergency medical services 6 prehospital 3 primary care 64 triage 4
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