Browsing UiS Brage by Subject "akuttmedisin"
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A comparative study on the frequency of simulation-based training and assessment of non-technical skills in the Norwegian ground ambulance services and helicopter emergency medical services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07)Background Inadequate non-technical skills (NTSs) among employees in the Norwegian prehospital emergency medical services (EMSs) are a risk for patient and operational safety. Simulation-based training and assessment is ... -
A consensus based template for reporting of pre-hospital major incident medical management
(Journal article, 2014-01)Background: Structured reporting of major incidents has been advocated to improve the care provided at future incidents. A systematic review identified ten existing templates for reporting major incident medical management, ... -
A retrospective observational study of medical incident command and decision-making in the 2011 Oslo bombing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: A core task for commanders in charge of an emergency response operation is to make decisions. The purposes of the study were to describe what critical decisions the ambulance commander and the medical ... -
A socio-economic analysis of increased staffing in the Norwegian helicopter emergency medical service
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11)Background: The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is preparing a new set of regulations that will cover working and resting periods for crew members engaged in emergency medical services with helicopters (HEMS) and ... -
A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing mortality in pre-hospital tracheal intubation to emergency department intubation in trauma patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-07)Background Pre-hospital endotracheal intubation is frequently used for trauma patients in many emergency medical systems. Despite a wide range of publications in the field, it is debated whether the intervention is ... -
Actual clinical leadership: a shadowing study of charge nurses and doctors on-call in the emergency department
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01)Background: The provision of safe, high quality healthcare in the Emergency Department (ED) requires frontline healthcare personnel with sufficient competence in clinical leadership. However, healthcare education curriculum ... -
Airway management by physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical services – a prospective, multicentre, observational study of 2,327 patients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Despite numerous studies on prehospital airway management, results are difficult to compare due to inconsistent or heterogeneous data. The objective of this study was to assess advanced airway management ... -
Airway management in a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS): a retrospective observational study of 365 out-of-hospital intubations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02)Background Airway management is a key skill in any helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS). Intubation is successful less often than in the hospital, and alternative forms of airway management are more often ... -
Ambulance personnel in Urban Search And Rescue as perceived by USAR-trained firefighters and police officers – a qualitative study
(Studentoppgave/UIS-HV/2023;, Master thesis, 2023-05)Background: Rescue work is part of the emergency services’ responsibility, and defined as situations where those that need health care are difficult to access, or that more resources are needed than the health services ... -
An automatic system for the comprehensive retrospective analysis of cardiac rhythms in resuscitation episodes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)AIM: An automatic resuscitation rhythm annotator (ARA) would facilitate and enhance retrospective analysis of resuscitation data, contributing to a better understanding of the interplay between therapy and patient response. ... -
Analgesia in pediatric trauma patients in physician-staffed Austrian helicopter rescue: a 12-year registry analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)Background As pediatric patients are typically rare among helicopter emergency medical systems (HEMS), children might be at risk for oligo-analgesia due to the rescuer’s lack of experience and the fear of side ... -
Assessing patient safety challenges in the initial care of older trauma patients in Norway
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Denne avhandlingen bygger på ett enkelt premiss: eldre pasienter har rett til akuttbehandling av høy kvalitet når de blir alvorlig syke eller skadde. Traumesystemer gir pasienter de beste sjansene for å overleve med god ... -
Assessing safety climate in prehospital settings: Testing psychometric properties of a common structural model in a cross-sectional and prospective study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09)Background Little research exists on patient safety climate in the prehospital context. The purpose of this article is to test and validate a safety climate measurement model for the prehospital environment, and to explore ... -
Association of Helicopter vs Ground Emergency Medical Transportation With 1-Year Mortality in Denmark
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01)Importance Appropriate use of helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) is important in ensuring that patients with critical illness or injury receive adequate treatment. Objective To investigate the association ... -
Can simulation based training for health care emergency response teams improve mortality rates, reduce number of adverse events and risk of errors? A systematic literature review.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HV/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-02)Background: The objective of this master thesis was to examine the following research question: Can simulation-based training for health care emergency response teams reduce mortality rates, number of adverse events and ... -
Care pathways and factors associated with interhospital transfer to neurotrauma centers for patients with isolated moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a population-based study from the Norwegian trauma registry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background Systems ensuring continuity of care through the treatment chain improve outcomes for traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. Non-neurosurgical acute care trauma hospitals are central in providing care continuity ... -
Collecting core data in physician-staffed pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services using a consensus-based template: international multicentre feasibility study in Finland and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03)Background Comparison of services and identification of factors important for favourable patient outcomes in emergency medical services (EMS) is challenging due to different organization and quality of data. The purpose ... -
Computer tomographic assessment of gastric volume in major trauma patients:impact of pre-hospital airway management on gastric air
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)Background Gastric dilation is frequently observed in trauma patients. However, little is known about average gastric volumes comprising food, fluids and air. Although literature suggests a relevant risk of gastric ... -
Data quality of Glasgow Coma Scale and Systolic Blood Pressure in scientific studies involving physician-staffed emergency medical services: Systematic review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Background Emergency physicians on‐scene provide highly specialized care to severely sick or injured patients. High‐quality research relies on the quality of data, but no commonly accepted definition of EMS data quality ... -
Defining core data for continuous benchmarking in pre-hospital critical care
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-02)The aim of medical research is to improve patient care through evidence-based practice. Currently, the evidence base in physician-staffed emergency medical services (p-EMS) is weak and we remain uncertain for which patients ...