Ambulance services should be assessed on how reassured patients and their families feel during an emergency as well as on response times, researchers have found.
Jun 30, 2015
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Paramedics from seven ambulance services across the UK are to be recruited to help trial a new 'rapid response' treatment for stroke patients.
May 26, 2015
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As calls to emergency services increase, there is an urgent need for a reliable and consistent method of measuring whether or not these calls are appropriate. These are the findings from a University of Bristol study, published ...
May 25, 2015
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Victoria University of Wellington has designed a transportable MRI machine to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients.
Apr 22, 2015
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An EU aid shipment including vehicles and medical equipment for the three west African nations hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic has arrived in Guinea, officials said Sunday.
Dec 28, 2014
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It's time to stop taking patients in cardiac arrest to hospital and let ambulance crews deliver the best possible care at the scene, argues a senior UK doctor in The BMJ this week. But a senior US doctor warns that avoiding ...
Sep 23, 2014
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Ambulance administration of the antiplatelet medication ticagrelor to patients with a type of heart attack known as ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is not better than hospital administration, in terms of ...
Sep 1, 2014
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A new study from the University of Surrey, published today in the journal Heart, has identified a positive link between the survival of heart attack patients and the use of an electrocardiogram (ECG), by ambulance crews.
Apr 14, 2014
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The introduction of checklists and better feedback for ambulance crews as part of a national quality improvement project has significantly improved the standard of care for heart attack and stroke patients across England, ...
Jan 30, 2014
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The call handling service NHS 111 increased the use of ambulance and urgent and emergency care services during its first year of operation, shows a detailed evaluation, published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Nov 13, 2013
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