prehospital care, despatch

Efficacy of metronome sound guidance via a phone speaker during dispatcher-assisted compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation by an untrained layperson: a randomised controlled simulation study using a manikin
Sang O Park, Chong Kun Hong, Dong Hyuk Shin, Jun Ho Lee, Seong Youn Hwang

Emergency Medicine Journal Aug 2013, 30 (8) 657-661; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201612
Extrication time prediction tool
Tim Nutbeam, Rob Fenwick, Charles Hobson, Vikki Holland, Michael Palmer

Emergency Medicine Journal May 2015, 32 (5) 401-403; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202864
Impact of introducing a major trauma network on a regional helicopter emergency medicine service in the UK
Carl McQueen, Nick Crombie, Gavin D Perkins, Steve Wheaton

Emergency Medicine Journal Oct 2014, 31 (10) 844-850; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202756
“Can you send an ambulance please?”: a comparison of callers’ requests for emergency medical dispatch in non-stroke and stroke calls
Michael J Leathley, Stephanie P Jones, Josephine M E Gibson, Gary A Ford, Joanna J McAdam, Tom Quinn, Caroline L Watkins

Emergency Medicine Journal Oct 2014, 31 (e1) e25-e28; DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202752

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