Recently added articles from Prehospital Emergency Care:
INFLUENZA VACCINATION AMONG EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objectives. Influenza vaccination has long been recommended for health care workers, but vaccination rates among this group have been low. Data on emergency medical services (EMS) personnel's vaccination status have not been published. This study compared self-reported ...
BLOOD OR BODY FLUID EXPOSURES AND HIV POSTEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS UTILIZATION AMONG FIRST RESPONDERS
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objectives. To estimate the incidence of first-responder visits to emergency departments (EDs) for blood or body fluid exposures, elucidate any temporal patterns of these visits, and quantify human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) utilization for these ...
NEEDLE THORACOSTOMY FOR TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX: FAILURE PREDICTED BY CHEST COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective. Tension pneumothorax can lead to cardiovascular collapse and death. In the prehospital setting, needle thoracostomy for emergent decompression may be lifesaving. Taught throughout the United States to emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and physicians, the true ...
NEEDLE VERSUS TUBE THORACOSTOMY IN A SWINE MODEL OF TRAUMATIC TENSION HEMOPNEUMOTHORAX
Jan 01, 2009; ... ABSTRACT Objective. Traumatic tension hemopneumothorax is fatal if not treated rapidly. However, whether prehospital decompression is better achieved by chest tube or needle thoracostomy is unknown. We conducted this study to compare the immediate results and prolonged effectiveness of ...
VALIDITY OF HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISPATCH CRITERIA FOR TRAUMATIC INJURIES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Jan 01, 2009; ... Abstract Objective. This review provides an overview of the validity of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch criteria for severely injured patients. Methods. A systematic literature search was performed. English written and peer-reviewed publications on HEMS dispatch ...