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201. Emergency standards set initial assessment within 15 minutes

Subjects
Children -- Diseases, Medical societies -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Child care -- Standards, Family and marriage, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

THE ROYAL College of Paediatrics and Child Health has published standards setting out minimum requirements for treating children in emergency settings. Standards for Children and Young People in Emergency Care [...]

Published
2012

202. Setting new standards for the emergency care of children: Care Quality Commission inspectors will measure services against the latest benchmarks

Author

Triggle, Nick

Subjects
Children -- Diseases, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Child care -- Standards, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

FOR MORE than a decade, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has been issuing guidance on how emergency services should provide care to children and young people. [...]

Published
2012

204. Eyewash-to-go: portable stations make relief safe & easily accessible

Author

Beaudoin, Andrew

Subjects
United States. Air Force -- Officials and employees, Eye -- Injuries, Eye -- Care and treatment, Emergency medical services -- Management, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Physiologic salines -- Usage, Company business management, Business, Business, general, Engineering and manufacturing industries, American National Standards Institute -- Standards
Abstract

When safety directors select an emergency eyewash station for military, industrial or commercial use, accessibility and maintenance costs are two of the top considerations made before making a purchase. Master [...]

Published
2004

205. Emergency physicians grapple with changes in delivery of care, standards covering risk

Subjects
Emergency physicians -- Conferences, meetings and seminars, Medical care -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Economics, Health care industry, High technology industry, American College of Emergency Physicians -- Conferences, meetings and seminars
Abstract

New products for use in assessing chest pain in spotlight at ACEP conference The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP; Dallas, Texas) held its annual convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, [...]

Published
1996

206. Guidance planned to improve treatment in emergency settings

Subjects
Aged patients -- Care and treatment, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Nursing -- Standards -- Practice, Health, Health care industry, Seniors
Abstract

RECOMMENDATIONS, BACKED by the RCN, for the care of older people in emergency departments are due to be published by the end of this year. The recommendations, which were drawn [...]

Published
2011

207. Raising the standard of handovers

Author

Picton, Claire

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Standards, Emergency medical personnel -- Standards, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

Handover is an integral part of emergency care and a frequent occurrence for healthcare professionals. Ambulance crews hand over to nurses and medical staff in emergency departments (EDs), while ED [...]

Published
2011

208. Simple checklists may keep kids out of ER

Author

Picard, Andre

Subjects
Asthma in children -- Care and treatment, Emergency medical services -- Standards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: ANDRE PICARD; PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTER Return visits to emergency rooms for treatment of childhood asthma could be sharply reduced if physicians followed a standard set of written procedures that [...]

Published
2007

209. Audio conference clarifies final EMTALA regulations

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Management, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Company business management, Business, Health, Health care industry, Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1985
Abstract

The final version of the recently proposed changes to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) takes effect Nov. 10. To provide you with critical information on the updated [...]

Published
2003

210. Study: your ED needs policy for family presence

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Social policy, Business, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

Does your ED allow family members to be present during emergency procedures? Chances are you have no written policy for this practice, even if it's a common occurrence. A just-published [...]

Published
2003

211. The issue of CPR

Author

Olson, Carin M.

Subjects
CPR (First aid) -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards
Published
1992

213. NHS figures show 'marked' variation in emergency care: one in seven patients shown to be treated or admitted within ten minutes of operational standard deadline

Author

Lipley, Nick

Subjects
Emergency medicine -- Health aspects, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Critically ill -- Care and treatment -- Prognosis -- Health aspects, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

FIGURES FROM the NHS Information Centre show that there is a 'marked' variation in the rate at which patients are managed in emergency departments. According to the statistics, published last [...]

Published
2009

216. Anaphylaxis guideline update

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Standards, Anaphylaxis -- Care and treatment, Family and marriage, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

Anaphylaxis is a severe, life-threatening, generalised or systemic hypersensitivity reaction (European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology Nomenclature Committee 2004, cited by Resuscitation Council 2008) that is characterised by rapidly [...]

Published
2008

218. Studies from A. Soti and Co-Researchers Yield New Data on Emergency Medicine (Implementing new advanced airway management standards in the Hungarian physician staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Service)

Subjects
Helicopter industry -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Emergency medicine, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine. According to news reporting from Budapest, Hungary, by [...]

Published
2015

219. Emergency standards

Subjects
Pediatrics -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Family and marriage, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

New guidance on treating children in emergency situations is recommending that all healthcare professionals must be competent to deliver emergency care to children safely and to the same high standards [...]

Published
2007

220. Gold Certified Standard: Forte Holdings' iPCR App for the iPad Saves Firefighters and EMTs Time and Stress through Easy, Accurate and Secure Patient Care Reporting

Subjects
Software -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Software quality, Business, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Forte Holdings, a leading healthcare software provider in the United States, reminds customers to make sure they have a NEMSIS Gold [...]

Published
2013

221. U.S. Curbs Medicaid Emergency Care

Subjects
Medicaid -- Standards, Health maintenance organizations -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Published
2003

222. Waiting times

Author

Tindale, Rabina

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Standards, Health, Health care industry, Standards
Abstract

This study was inspired by Australian research suggesting that emergency department waiting times are unfairly long for some patients. namely women and patients who are non-English speaking, self-referred or from [...]

Published
2005

224. A.E. Petsche Co. Announces Registration to New AS9000 Standards

Subjects
Arrow Electronics Inc., Emergency medical services -- Standards, Electronic components industry -- Standards, Business, Business, international
Abstract

DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas -- A.E. Petsche Co., an Arrow Electronics, Inc. company, announced today that it has captured the most current revision of the 'AS [Aerospace] 9100' Revision [...]

Published
2012

225. In Some Brain Bleeds, Patients Do Better at High-Volume Hospitals; Guidelines for treating 'aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage' revised

Subjects
Subarachnoid hemorrhage -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Care and treatment, Practice guidelines (Medicine), Emergency medical services -- Standards, Health
Abstract

THURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- People diagnosed in the emergency room with a specific type of bleeding stroke should immediately be transferred to a hospital that treats at least [...]

Published
2012

226. The NHS standard contracts for acute hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services and supporting guidance 2011-12 (Effective from 1 April 2011)

Subjects
Administrative agencies, Hospitals, Mental health, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Contract agreement, Business, international
Abstract

London: The Department of Health, UK Government has issued following press release: New contracts for 2011/12 are: Acute Hospital Services contract Mental Health and Learning Disability Services contract Community Services [...]

Published
2011

227. Audit of child protection procedures in accident and emergency department to identify children at risk of abuse

Author

Sidebotham, Peter D. and Pearce, Alison V.

Subjects
Child abuse -- Diagnosis, Abused children -- Medical examination, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Health, Diagnosis, Standards, Medical examination
Abstract

Hospital accident and emergency departments are often the first place where injured children come into contact with the health services. Children who are victims of or at risk of abuse [...]

Published
1997

228. Survey of paramedic skills in the United Kingdom and Channel Islands

Author

Simpson, Howard K. and Smith, Gary B.

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Standards, Emergency medical technicians -- Training, Health, Standards, Training
Abstract

A national training programme for paramedics was adopted in 1984 on government recommendation.[1] Regional training programmes were established under the auspices of local steering committees, and paramedics throughout Britain were [...]

Published
1996

229. Kaiser calls for standard emergency room coverage

Author

Bell, Allison

Subjects
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. -- Political activity, Health maintenance organizations -- Political activity, Health care industry -- Laws, regulations and rules, Health insurance -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Business, Insurance, American College of Emergency Physicians -- Political activity, American Association of Health Plans -- Political activity
Abstract

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc, together with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), is in favor of legislation that would set national standards for coverage of emergency medical services. In contrast, the American Assn of Health Plans opposes legislative reform in this area and instead prefers to maintain the status quo. One criteria for an acceptable bill to Kaiser and the ACEP is the requirement that health plans would have to pay for any emergency services that were medically necessary, with or without preauthorization., Breaking away from the position of the American Association of Health Plans, Kaiser Permanente last week said it would support federal legislation to establish national standards for emergency care coverage. [...]

Published
1996

230. Intensive insulin therapy reduces mortality in the ICU. (Citations)

Subjects
Hospitals -- Belgium, Intensive care units -- Standards -- Methods, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Critical care medicine -- Methods, Emergency medical facilities -- Standards, Health, Standards, Methods
Abstract

Van den Berghe G, Wouters P, Weekers F, et al, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. N Engl J Med. Nov 8, 2001;345:1359-1367. The [...]

Published
2002

231. Brief: regional agencies to take part in training exercise

Subjects
Public health administration -- Standards, Public health administration -- Training, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Training, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2009

232. A call to get with the program

Subjects
Heart attack -- Prevention, Stroke (Disease) -- Prevention, Cardiac patients -- Care and treatment, Hospitals -- Emergency service, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Health, American Heart Association -- Standards
Published
2001

233. MCG aims to standardize first response

Author

Folk, Adam

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Methods, Peace officers -- Training, Business, Business, regional, General interest, Medical College of Georgia -- Services
Published
2008

234. Angel MedFlight Air Ambulance Services Sets Healthcare Industry Standards

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Standards, Medical care -- Quality management, Business, Business, international
Abstract

Angel MedFlight Has the Solution to the Rising Costs of Healthcare in the Air Ambulance Industry SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance answered the healthcare industry's rising fuel [...]

Published
2008

236. Is your ED ready for HIPAA? How to protect privacy; you'll need strategies to avoid being noncompliant. (Critical Path Network[TM])

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Standards, Patients -- Laws, regulations and rules, Medical records -- Access control, Business, Health care industry, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Abstract

Patient records left on a desk in full view. Interviewing a sexual assault patient in easy earshot of others. Answering a caller's question about whether a certain person is being [...]

Published
2002

237. The emergency care of the VIP patient

Author

Smith, Mark S. and Shesser, Robert F.

Subjects
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations -- Standards, Hospitals -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Medical care -- Standards
Published
1988

238. Death highlights city's EMS needs: union blames rig shortage

Author

Hunt, Amber and Schmitt, Ben

Subjects
Emergency medical services -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Emergency medical services -- Human resource management, Municipal officials and employees -- Planning, Medical emergencies -- Management, Government regulation, Company personnel management, Company business planning, Company business management, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2007

242. Trauma care in England

Author

Hughes, Geoff

Subjects
Wounds and injuries -- Care and treatment, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Patients -- Care and treatment, Patients -- Standards, Health
Published
2010

243. Pre-procedural fasting for sedation: do we need to do it?

Author

Taylor, David

Subjects
Fasting -- Usage, Preoperative care -- Standards, Hypnotics -- Complications and side effects, Sedatives -- Complications and side effects, Aspiration pneumonia -- Risk factors, Aspiration pneumonia -- Prevention, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Health
Published
2010

245. Phila. concerned about shortage of paramedics: the EMS service had become the nation's busiest, but trained personnel were lacking

Author

Sullivan, John

Subjects
Municipal officials and employees -- Planning, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Paramedics, Emergency -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Paramedics, Emergency -- Training, Medical personnel -- Training, Medical personnel -- Management, Company business management, Company business planning
Abstract

Byline: John Sullivan Aug. 20--Late last year, Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers fought to get more emergency medical units in the city, arguing that there were fewer fires and more calls […]

Published
2006

246. Editorial: make sure 911 responds

Subjects
Telephone operators -- Cases, Telephone operators -- Training, Negligence -- Cases, Emergency reporting systems (Telephone) -- Management, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Company legal issue, Company business management, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2006

247. Operators in 911 calls charged: pair scolded Detroit boy, could get jail

Author

Schaefer, Jim and Schmitt, Ben

Subjects
Telephone operators -- Cases, Negligence -- Cases, Emergency reporting systems (Telephone) -- Management, Emergency medical services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Company legal issue, Company business management, Government regulation, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2006

248. 911 operators charged after ignoring child's call for help

Author

Schaefer, Jim and Schmitt, Ben

Subjects
Telephone operators -- Cases, Negligence -- Cases, Emergency reporting systems (Telephone) -- Management, Emergency medical services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Company legal issue, Company business management, Government regulation, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2006

249. 911 operators charged after ignoring child's calls for help

Author

Schmitt, Ben

Subjects
Negligence -- Cases, Emergency reporting systems (Telephone) -- Management, Emergency medical services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Telephone operators -- Cases, Company legal issue, Company business management, Government regulation, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2006

250. Boy's 911 calls put trouble in spotlight: death of Detroit boy's mom results in lawsuit

Author

Bello, Marisol, Witsil, Frank, and Swickard, Joe

Subjects
Negligence -- Cases, Emergency reporting systems (Telephone) -- Management, Emergency reporting systems (Telephone) -- Cases, Telephone operators -- Laws, regulations and rules, Emergency medical services -- Standards, Emergency medical services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Company legal issue, Company business management, Government regulation, Business, Business, regional, General interest
Published
2006

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