Accuracy of emergency medical dispatchers' subjective ability to identify when higher dispatch levels are warranted over a Medical Priority Dispatch System …

J Clawson, CHO Olola, A Heward, G Scott… - Emergency Medicine …, 2007 - emj.bmj.com
Objectives: To establish the accuracy of the emergency medical dispatcher's (EMD's)
decisions to override the automated Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) logic-based …

[PDF][PDF] Piloting paperless data entry for clinical research in Africa

MA Missinou, CHO Olola, S Issifou… - American Journal of …, 2005 - academia.edu
Direct data entry, using handheld computers, may simplify and streamline data
management, especially in remote settings. We compared the accuracy of data entry using …

[HTML][HTML] Pentoxifylline as an adjunct therapy in children with cerebral malaria

B Lell, C Köhler, B Wamola, CHO Olola, E Kivaya… - Malaria journal, 2010 - Springer
Background Pentoxifylline (PTX) affects many processes that may contribute to the
pathogenesis of severe malaria and it has been shown to reduce the duration of coma in …

Using on-scene EMS responders' assessment and electronic patient care records to evaluate the suitability of EMD-triaged, low-acuity calls for secondary nurse triage …

G Scott, J Clawson, MC Fivaz, J McQueen… - … and disaster medicine, 2016 - cambridge.org
IntroductionUsing the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS)–a systematic 911 triage
process–to identify a large subset of low-acuity patients for secondary nurse triage in the …

The effect of blood transfusion on outcomes among African children admitted to hospital with Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a prospective, multicentre observational …

H Ackerman, A Ayestaran, CHO Olola… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary Background Infection with Plasmodium falciparum leads to severe malaria and
death in approximately 400 000 children each year in sub-Saharan Africa. Blood transfusion …

The perception of medical professionals and medical students on the usefulness of an emergency medical card and a continuity of care report in enhancing continuity …

CHO Olola, S Narus, J Nebeker, M Poynton… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the medical professionals and medical students perceived
usefulness of an emergency medical card (EMC) and a continuity of care (CoC) report, in …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of a simplified method for counting leukocytic malaria pigment

B Lell, MA Missinou, S Issifou, PB Matsiegui… - American Journal of …, 2005 - Citeseer
Severe and fatal malaria is associated with the increased presence of malaria hemozoin in
peripheral phagocytes. Large studies of this relationship are hampered by the fact that …

Aspirin administration by emergency medical dispatchers using a protocol-driven aspirin diagnostic and instruction tool

T Barron, J Clawson, G Scott, B Patterson… - Emergency Medicine …, 2013 - emj.bmj.com
Background The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association
recommend early aspirin administration to patients with symptoms of acute coronary …

The accuracy of emergency medical dispatcher-assisted layperson-caller pulse check using the medical priority dispatch system protocol

G Scott, J Clawson, M Rector… - … and Disaster Medicine, 2012 - cambridge.org
IntroductionKnowing the pulse rate of a patient in a medical emergency can help to
determine patient acuity and the level of medical care required. Little evidence exists …

Time-to-death is a potential confounder in observational studies of blood transfusion in severe malaria–Authors' reply

H Ackerman, CHO Olola, S Krishna… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
There is a critical limitation in the data analysed by Hans Ackerman and colleagues that we
believe invalidates the authors' conclusions. 1 In their retrospective analysis of more than 25 …