Search results for "Medical services"

Medical Support for Children's Mass Gatherings

2003

AbstractIntroduction:Medical care must be well-planned for mass gatherings. Events such as fairs, concerts, parades, and rallies cause many people to gather in one place, increasing the chance of injuries and for the development of a disaster. In this study, the level and quality of medical care were evaluated at a mass gathering of approximately 100,000 children. The event was a television-sponsored fun fair.Methods:Every patient contact was documented on printed forms, including data such as the number of patients treated, gender of the patients, presence or absence of a parental escort, time distribution of patient contacts, the diagnoses for the patient contacts, specific therapies appl…

Higiena

1926

Improvement in self-reported confidence in nurses’ professional skills in the emergency department

2012

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to assess nurses’ self-reported confidence in their professional skills before and after an extensive Emergency Department (ED) reform in Kanta-Häme Central Hospital. Methods Emergency nurses participated in transitional training commencing two years before the establishment of the new organization in 2007. Training was followed by weekly practical educational sessions in the new ED. During this process nurses improved their transition skills, defined house rules for the new clinic and improved their knowledge of new technology and instruments. The main processes involving critically ill ED patients were described and modelled with an electronic…

Kurze Darstellung des Badeortes Kemmern in Livland: mit einer lithographirten Tafel

1838

Inhalt: Geschichtliches ; Lage, Boden und Umgebung des Badeorts ; Die Hauptquelle und das Badehaus ; Heilkräfte des Kemmernschen Wassers ; Anwendung des Wassers.

Emergency medical triage decisions are swayed by computer-manipulated cues of physical dominance in caller’s voice

2016

AbstractIn humans as well as other animals, displays of body strength such as power postures or deep masculine voices are associated with prevalence in conflicts of interest and facilitated access to resources. We conduct here an ecological and highly critical test of this hypothesis in a domain that, on first thought, would appear to be shielded from such influences: access to emergency medical care. Using acoustic manipulations of vocal masculinity, we systematically varied the perceived level of physical dominance of mock patients calling a medical call center simulator. Callers whose voice were perceived as indicative of physical dominance (i.e. those with low fundamental and formant fr…

Emergencies in patients with advanced cancer followed at home.

2012

Abstract CONTEXT: Patients with advanced cancer stay at home for most of their time, and acute problems may occur during home care. Caregivers may call medical services for an emergency, which can result in patients being admitted to the hospital. No data exist on emergencies in patients followed by a home care team. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this multicenter prospective study was to assess the frequency, reasons for, and subsequent course of emergency calls for patients followed at home by a palliative care team. METHODS: A consecutive sample of patients admitted to home care programs was surveyed for a period of seven months. Epidemiological data, and characteristics of emergency calls and o…

Associations between structures, processes and outcomes in inter-municipal cooperation in out-of-hours services in Norway: A survey study

2020

Abstract Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) has gained widespread recognition as a beneficial strategy for improving efficiency and quality in the provision of out-of-hours emergency care services (OOH services). Little attention, however, has been given to the additional costs of cooperation and the relational processes through which benefits and costs are likely to result. Based on survey data from 266 (77%) Norwegian municipalities involved in IMC in OOH services in 2015, this study aimed to investigate how the structure (governance form, complexity and stability) and quality (trust and consensus) of cooperation processes interact to influence the perceived outcomes (benefits and costs) o…

Bericht des permanenten Sanitäts-Comité der Stadt Riga über seine Wirksamkeit im Jahre 1878

1879

Inhalt: Einleitung ; I. Die Maßnahmen gegen drohende Epidemien ; II. Die Verunreinigungen der Straßen, Höfe, Plätze etc. ; III. Die fließenden und stagnirenden Gewässer ; IV. Die Latrinen und deren Vereinigung ; V. Die Fabriken und gewerblichen Anlagen ; VI. Das Leichen- und Beerdigungswesen ; VII. Die Bibliothek ; BEILAGE : 1. Bericht über den Stadtkanal / Dr. E. Bochmann, F. Weber, H. Malcher ; 3. Untersuchungsresultate der dem Stadtkanal entnommenen Schlammproblem ; 2. Bericht über die W. Franz'sche Knochenküche / Dr. J. Stavenhagen, Berichterstatter, Dr. Gehewe, F. Weber.

Erstversorgung durch Rettungsassistenten und Rettungssanitäter bei kombinierten Einsätzen von RTW und NAW in einem stationären NAW-System

2003

OBJECTIVE: The present study was conducted to evaluate the quality of paramedic care and the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of sending a well-trained paramedic team to the sight of a medical emergency to initiate active medical treatment prior to the arrival of the mobile intensive care unit (MICU). METHODS: We examined 200 cases of medical treatment initiated by paramedics before arrival of the MICU team at the site of the medical emergency. Using a questionnaire, all emergency procedures performed by the paramedic team on scene were recorded and defined as "required", "carried out", and "accurately performed". The documented emergency procedures were divided into three categories: bas…

Initial motivation and progress with doctoral studies in computer science — A case study from a Finnish university

2014

Success in doctoral education has been studied from many theoretical and practical perspectives, but very few studies focus specifically on student motivation. In practice, graduate schools usually try to evaluate applicants' motivation in the admission process, assuming they are able to identify the initial motivation that would predict a successful doctoral path. The aim of this study is to bring new understanding to this field by studying the relationship between the students' initial motivation in enrolling doctoral studies and their actual progress with the studies. This is a case study conducted in a Finnish research university with full-time doctoral students in computing. The resear…