Paramedic Clinical Consults with a Paramedic or Nurse in an EMS Communications Center Compared to Traditional Online Physician Consults

Autor: Jan L. Jensen, Fahd Al-Dhalaan, Jennifer Rose, Alix Carter, Jennifer McVey, Francine Butts, Terence Hawco, Peter Rose, Andrew H. Travers

Publikováno v: Prehospital Emergency Care. :1-7

In many emergency medical services (EMS) systems, a direct medical oversight physician is available to paramedics for mandatory and/or elective consultations. At the time of this study, a clinical support desk (CSD) was being implemented within the m

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https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2022.2152512

The Prevalence and Characteristics of Non-Transports in a Provincial Emergency Medical Services System: A Population-Based Study

Autor: Steven Carrigan, Judah Goldstein, Alix Carter, Yukiko Asada, Andrew Travers

Publikováno v: The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 62:534-544

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provide patients with out-of-hospital care, but not all patients are transported to the hospital. Non-transport represents an often undefined yet potentially significant risk for poor clinical outcomes. Few North Amer

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2021.12.009

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Autor: Alex Merkle, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Adam Power, Nori Bradley, Cara Elliott, Keren Guiab, Teresa Evans, Mahwash Siddiqi, Renée-Anne Poirier, Matthew Yeung, Matthew Guttman, Alexandre Tran, John McPherson, Caroline Côté, Agathe Lorthios-Guilledroit, Sadiq Al Khaboori, Simon Farquharson, Lynne Moore, Deanna Fong, Brad Moffat, Avneesh Bhangu, Daniel Shi, Ian Watson, Julie Ringuette, Allison Chisholm, Brandy Tanenbaum, Jacinthe Lampron, Morgan Schellenberg, Karen Ssebazza, R. Mason Curtis, Leah Allen, Arshia P. Javidan, Judi Malone, Philip Dawe, Abdulrahman Saleh Alballa, Ioana Bratu, Erika Schmitz, Judah Goldstein, Jennifer Greene, Marcus Moore, Joseph Tropiano, Vivian Leung, Yashita Upadhyaya, Rachel Strauss, Sonia Grzelak, Hayley Forbes, Samantha Albacete, Joanne Sadler, Amy Makish, Alyssa MacLean, William Brigode, Asha Pereira, Susan Benjamin, Stacey McEachern, Sidney Frattini, Ruth Bird, Caleb Cummings, Sean Hurley, Mike O’Leary, Olga Bednarek, Sam Jessula, Samuel Minor, Jason Emsley, Colleen Sameoto, Eleanor Fitzpatrick, Mete Erdogan, Robert Green, Aaron Sibley, Trevor Jain, Brent Nicholson, Henrik Stryhn, Cengiz Karsli, Rivanna Stuhler, Elaine Ng, Angela Coates, Paul Engels, Akke Neel Talsma, Michelle Lobchuk, Vipavee Thongpriwan, Shawn Cahill, Justin Mis, Fredric Starr, Faran Bokhari, Adil Ladak, Ryan Snelgrove, Haili Wang, Hollie Power, Laura Allen, Rob Leeper, Neil Parry, Ian Ball, Kelly Vogt, Danielle Rawls, Geoff Ramler, Ellie Andres, Nasira Lakha, Angie Brisson, Jennah Merchant, Sandy Widder, Melanie Berube, Marc-Aurèle Gagnon, Stéphane Pelet, Étienne Belzile, Amie Kron, Jeannie Callum, Chantal Armali, Dimpy Modi, Lowyl Notario, Pablo Perez, Bourke Tillmann, Dylan Pannell, Andrew Beckett, Homer Tien, Avery Nathens, Luis Da Luz, Laure Perrier, Isabella Menchetti, Erik Blondal, Henry Peng, Wendy Sullivan-Kwantes, Neal Irfan, Tarek Razek, Ann Wilson, Derek Goltz, Sonshire Figueira, Heather Knight, Dana Devine, Craig Jenkins, Judah Goldstien, Yves Leroux, Jen McVey, Ryan Brown, Janel Swain, Alix Carter, Dana Fidgen, Suzanne Baker, Francine Butts, Scott McCulloch, Izabella Opra, Jan Jensen, Andrew Travers, Pantelis Andreou, Marie Earl, Grace Warner, Mojgan Rezaaifar, Doug Wilkins, Krista Lai, Aleena Amjad Hafeez, Scott Goldberg, Egide Abahuje, Charles Pozner, Steven Yule, Sarah Parker, Roger Dias, Richard Simons, Emilie Joos, Victoria Vogt Haines, Jacqueline Linder, Andrew Cameron, Graham Cleghorn, Tim Chaplin, Fran Priestap, Amol Mujoomdar, Stewart Kribs, Crystal Kearley, Joshua LeBlanc, Natthida Owattanapanich, Joelle Getrajdman, Kazuhide Matsushima, Lydia Lam, Kenji Inaba, Debra Eagles, Lara Khoury, Marie-Joe Nemnom, Joy Moors, Dean Kriellaars, Drew Mitchell, Lisa Totton, Leisa Ouelett, Janet Vautour, Tushar Pishe, Christie McLaren, Chris Evans, Will Thomas-Boaz, Corey Freedman, Christine Li, Cathy Yoshy, Daniele Wiseman, Randi Mao, Eva Yiguan Liu, Lucy Lan, Takhliq Amir, Jimmy Yan, Kevin Singh, Alexandra Allard-Coutu, Morad Hameed, Naisan Garraway, George Isac, Hussein Kanji, Gordon Finlayson, Gavin Tansley, Alex Lee, Catherine Gonthier, Amina Belcaïd, Marie-France Duranceau, Catherine Truchon, François Lauzier, Gregory Berry, Lorraine Tremblay, Marc Martel, Gabrielle Pagé, Anne-Marie Pinard, David Evans, Kadija Perreault, Caroline Sirois, Alexis Turgeon, Max Talbot, Christopher Kennedy, Rich Hilsden, Gerard Slobogean, Tyler Lamb, Maher Matar, Shannon Fernando, Jeffrey Perry, Christian Vaillancourt, Justin Nathens, Andrea Phillips, Barbara Haas, Brent Hage, Natalie Yanchar, James McKay, Francesca Bryan, Asma Qureshi, Ghulam Saadat, Andrew Khalifa, Matthew Kaminsky, Aly Aly, Andrew Roberts, Matt Kaminsky, Jasmine Zahid, Thomas Messer, Robyn Keen, Kyla Hoogers, Arshia Javidan, Martin Johnston, Kristen Morch, Lauren Scott, Ni Lam, Asha Parekh, Corey Tomlinson, Nigel Donley, Jessica Mckee, Juan Wachs, Mike Kay, Seth Holland

Publikováno v: Canadian Journal of Surgery. 64:S37-S64

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https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.014121

Paramedic Endotracheal Intubation Success Rates Before and After an Intensive Airway Management Education Session

Autor: Alix, Carter, Jan L, Jensen, Mark, Walker, Yves, Leroux, Mikiko, Terashima, Jennifer, McVey

Publikováno v: Cureus.

Introduction Advanced airway management by paramedics is potentially life-saving, but carries a significant risk to patient safety and can be associated with poor clinical outcome if performed incorrectly. Previously, our team had found that an inten

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https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27781

Paramedic supportive discharge programmes to improve health system efficiency and patient outcomes: a scoping review protocol

Autor: Judah Goldstein, Dominic Lajeunesse, Khadija Abawajy, Angela Luan, Kristy Hancock, Alix Carter, Jennifer Anne Greene, Jen McVey, Jacques Simon Lee

Publikováno v: BMJ Open. 13:e066645

IntroductionDischarging older adults with frailty home from the emergency department (ED) poses unique challenges due to multiple interacting physical and social problems. Paramedic supportive discharge services help overcome these challenges by addi

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066645