... the provision of emergency medical services. Design/methodology/approach A retrospective quantitative study of medical air and sea transport records of 4,169 patients from the Cyclades islands to Syros, from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2022. Findings Most of the patient transfers (20.3%) were...

... as the time between when a motor vehicle collision occurs and when emergency medical services (EMS) arrive at the scene. Past research has identified significant reductions in DRT for fatal US motor vehicle collisions over the last four decades (Cruz and Ferenchak, 2020). These improvements are important...

...Syaribah Noor Brice; Paul Harper; Raden Suhartono; Asti Puspita Rini; Aryono Djuned Pusponegoro; Geraint Palmer; Vincent Knight; Mark Tuson; Jennifer Lloyd; Jonathan Turnbull-Ross; Daniel Gartner Purpose Emergency Medical Services in Indonesia continue to face challenges. The system operation...

... to enhance road safety. There is a lack of scientific research in South Africa on speed humps’ impacts on transported patients from an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provider’s perspective; and this study attempts to bridge that gap. The objective of the study was to explore the experiences of EMS...

...Mats Holmberg; Douglas Presta; Anders Bremer; Scott Devenish; Anders Svensson Purpose With aging, the risk of requiring emergency care increases. Elderly patients who need Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are often vulnerable and dependent, especially when their decision-making ability is reduced...

...). Analysis was conducted in R version 4.0.2 using the meta package version 4.18–2 (Balduzzi et al., 2019) and robvis package version 0.3.0 (McGuinness and Higgins, 2021). Emergency medical services Lights Siren Lights and siren Scoping review Prehospital care Trauma The PubMed...

.... There were 328 surveys attempted and 237 completed (Table 1). Following removal of responses that took too long or failed the attention or random-responding checks, there were 204 valid responses available for analysis (Table 2). Thinking style Paramedic Emergency medical services Decision-making...

...Paige Sable; Fengyan Tang; Jenifer A. Swab; Sheila Roth; Daniel Rosen Purpose This study focuses on Emergency Medical Service (EMS) personnel and examines the impact of overdose calls for opioids and attitudes of EMS workers towards individuals with substance use disorders on EMS workers' mental...

... differences Emergency physician indication index Emergency medical services Ambulance service Ambulance response strategies In 2020, deployment numbers of ambulances (RTW) and PHEP vehicles (NEF) for 2012 to 2019 for the federal states were collected and analysed. Therefore, published statistics were...

...Corinne A. Beaugard; Valerie Hruschak; Christina S. Lee; Jenifer Swab; Sheila Roth; Daniel Rosen Purpose Emergency medical service (EMS) workers are at risk for burnout related to the opioid overdose crisis because they are frequently present during overdose events. The study’s aims were twofold...

...Gavin David Brown; Ann Largey; Caroline McMullan; Gráinne O'Shea; Niamh Reilly Purpose This study explored the experiences of Irish emergency medical services (EMS) first responders during the first nationwide restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach...

... reasoning in the emergency medical services: an integrative review ”, Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine , BioMed Central , Vol.  27 No.  1 , doi: 10.1186/s13049-019-0646-y . Backdash , J.Z. and Marusich , L.R. (2018), “ Rmcorr: repeated measures...

...Sílvia Monteiro Fonseca; Sara Faria; Sónia Cunha; Márcio Silva; M. Joaquina Ramos; Guilherme Azevedo; Rui Campos; António Ruão Barbosa; Cristina Queirós Purpose This study aims to explore patterns of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel's mental health, regarding their levels of anxiety...

... in the general population: 11% for post-traumatic stress disorder, 15% for depression and 15% for anxiety (Petrie et al., 2018). Healthcare Emergency medical services Objective feedback Ambulance service There are many common uses of the term “feedback” both within and beyond the health...

... re-use rights only Paramedics Emergency medical services Implications Ambulance policy Carter review Lord Carter's report into NHS efficiency, “Operational Performance and Productivity in the Ambulance Service; Unacceptable Variation” was published by National Health Service...

... technique was performed, asking opinions from experts in iterative rounds to generate understanding and form consensus on group opinion around multi-agency management. The experts were personnel from emergency medical service, rescue service and mine industry, all with operative command positions...

... and helicopter ambulance were more common for transfers from Gökçeada island. Helicopter-Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) (p<0.001), which is commonly preferred for patient transfers, inversely affects the use of Ambulance Boat-Emergency Medical Service (BEMS) and ground ambulances. Transfers from...

...Sofia Karlsson; Britt-Inger Saveman; Lina Gyllencreutz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine emergency medical service (EMS) personnel’s perceptions and experiences of managing underground mining injury incidents. Design/methodology/approach In total, 13 EMS personnel were...

...Anastasia Miller; Lynn Unruh; Xinliang Liu; Tracy Wharton; Ning Zhang Purpose Personnel who work in emergency medical services (EMS) face work environments which are high stress. These can lead to burnout, secondary traumatic stress (STS), and a reduction of compassion satisfaction (CS). However...

... of property use. Scott Somers can be contacted at: scott.somers@asu.edu 21 02 2017 12 04 2017 02 05 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only GIS Emergency medical services Public access defibrillators...