Essays about: "prehospital care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words prehospital care.

  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. Non-technical skills, and how it may influence the prehospital care : A qualitative study in Swedish ambulance care

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap (VV)

    Author : Caroline Hagström; [2023]
    Keywords : ambulance; non-technical skills; prehospital care;

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  4. 3. A Case Study: Optimising PAP ambulance location with data and travel time analysis

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

    Author : Kurasinski Lukas; Tan Jason; [2022]
    Keywords : Data science; PAP; ambulance; travel time analysis; machine learning; optimization; case study; mental illness; Region skane; psychiatric ambulance; prehospital acute psychiatry; clustering; kmeans; regression; population coverage; area coverage; response time; ambulance station; data analysis;

    Abstract : The mental health concerns in Sweden have been increasing since the beginning of the 2000’s, where Skåne County in the southern parts of Sweden has shown to be slightly higher in a proportion of reported cases in comparison to other regions. To address the growing need for psychiatric healthcare, the health services of the region of Skåne (Region Skåne) have introduced a psychiatric ambulance unit as a part of first responders. READ MORE

  5. 4. Integration of Head-Up Display Technology as an Assisting Tool for Paramedics

    University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

    Author : Quoc Huy Martin Tran; [2022]
    Keywords : Paramedics; Augmented Reality AR ; Head-Up Display HUD ; Google Glass; Smart Glasses; Ortivus MobiMed; Ambulanspersonal; Augmented Reality AR ; Head-Up Display HUD ; Google Glass; Smart Glasses; Ortivus MobiMed;

    Abstract : When paramedics arrive at an accident site there are a lot of complex variables that they must keep in mind when making decisions. Thus, a problem of too much information presented at once makes the decision-making harder. To aid paramedics, smart glasses can be used to streamline the workflow and present relevant information immediately. READ MORE

  6. 5. A medical device for spinal motion restriction : Development of a device for safe and efficient patient handling

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : Ylva Jersenius; Erika Möller; [2020]
    Keywords : Medical device; Prehospital emergency care; Spinal motion restriction; Paramedics; Industrial design engineering; Human-centred design; Usability; Medicinteknisk produkt; Prehospital akutsjukvård; Spinal rörelsebegränsning; Ambulanssjukvårdare; Teknisk design; Användarcentrerad design; Användbarhet;

    Abstract : Prehospital emergency care is facing a paradigm shift. Spinal motion restriction (SMR) is a way to treat trauma patients with symptoms of spinal injury. It was earlier entitled as ‘routine SMR’, and included spine board and cervical collar. READ MORE