Essays about: "Emergency healthcare systems"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words Emergency healthcare systems.

  1. 1. Dealing With The Unexpected in Prehospital Patientcare: The Lived Experience Of EMS Clinicians

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Aart-Jan Ketelaar; [2024]
    Keywords : Patient safety; Prehospital patientcare; EMS clinician; Resilient healthcare; Human factors; Decision making; Learning; Expertise; Emergency care; Adapting; Complexity; Complex systems; Phenomenology; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Background In prehospital patient care, numerous patients are examined, treated, and transported. Some are acutely seriously ill, while others, though not acutely ill, necessitate ambulance transport due to their inability to do so independently. Among the latter group, patients may be sicker than initially estimated. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Decentralised Application for Storing Electronic Health Records using Blockchain Technology

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Edenia Isaac; Hampus Jernkrook; NIls Johnsson; Christopher Molin; Wendy Pau; David Zamanian; [2023-03-03]
    Keywords : electronic health records; EHR; medical records; blockchain; Ethereum; IPFS; decentralised applications; Web3.Storage; information exchange; patientjournaler; blockkedja; decentraliserade applikationer; informationsdelning;

    Abstract : With the systems currently used in healthcare, medical records are often centrally stored in local databases or cloud services and managed by each individual healthcare provider. Due to this, the information exchange between healthcare providers is often limited. READ MORE

  4. 3. Anatomy of corruption in humanitarian assistance: a retrospective analysis of emergency response operations of the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia (2014 – 2016)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Elisha Lawodo Bloe; [2023]
    Keywords : emergency response and recovery; humanitarian assistance; corruption; Ebola virus disease;

    Abstract : This study critically explores the pervasive issue of corruption in humanitarian assistance, focusing on the Liberia Red Cross Society (LRCS) during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia from 2014-2016. For a country grappling with broken infrastructure and fragile healthcare systems due to a 14-year-long civil war, the Ebola crisis in Liberia was an unprecedented disaster as evidenced by 10,672 recorded cases and 4,808 reported fatalities between 2014 and 2016. READ MORE

  5. 4. Improvement of patient alarms at Region Skåne

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Rasmus Ljungdahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This industrial design bachelor project aimed to improve the functionality of patient alarm systems in hospitals across the Skåne region. The project was conducted through nurse surveys, interviews with patients and nurses, as well as research into inclusive and universal design. READ MORE

  6. 5. System Dynamics Simulation of Hospital Resource Relocation for Healthcare Decision-making

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT)

    Author : Borg Lucas; Moreau Filip; [2023]
    Keywords : System Dynamics; Simulation; Healthcare; Resource Relocation;

    Abstract : INTRODUCTION: Relocating hospital resources can change the efficiency of their use. The focus of this thesis is on non-emergency healthcare, specifically the relocation of staff and facilities. Relocation can be both time-consuming and costly. READ MORE