Street Medicine – Assessment Work Strategies of Paramedics on the Front lines of Emergency Health Services

This article is based on an institutional ethnographic inquiry into the work of paramedics and the institutional setting that organizes and coordinates their work processes in a major City in Canada. Drawing on over 200 hours of observations and over 100 interviews with paramedics (average length of 18 minutes) and other emergency medical personnel, this article explores the standard and not so standard work of paramedics as they assess and care for their patients on the front lines of emergency health services. The multiplicity of interfacing social, demographic, locational, and situational factors that shape and organize the work of paramedics are analyzed. In doing so, this article provides insights into the complex work of an understudied yet ever-important profession in healthcare.

A Multiagent System for Coordinating Ambulances for Emergency Medical Services

To coordinate ambulances for emergency medical services, a multiagent system uses an auction mechanism based on trust. Results of tests using real data show that this system can efficiently assign ambulances to patients, thereby reducing transportation time. Emergency transportation on specialized vehicles is needed when a person's health is in risk of irreparable damage. A patient can't benefit from sophisticated medical treatments and technologies if she or he isn't placed in a proper healthcare center with the appropriate medical team. For example, strokes are neurological emergencies involving a limited amount of time in which treatment measures are effective

Incorporating priorities for waiting customers in the hypercube queuing model with application to an emergency medical service system in Brazil

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Accuracy of prehospital diagnosis and triage of a Swiss helicopter emergency medical service

Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMSs) have become a standard element of modern prehospital emergency medicine. This study determines the percentage of injured HEMS patients whose injuries were correctly recognized by HEMS physicians.

Securing Medical Personnel: Case Studies of Two Source Countries and Two Destination Countries

A shortage of medical personnel has become a critical problem for developing countries attempting to expand the provision of medical services for the poor. In order to highlight the driving forces determining the international allocation of medical personnel, the cases of four countries, namely the Philippines and South Africa as source countries and Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom as destination countries, are examined. The paper concludes that changes in demand generated in major destination countries determine the international allocation of medical personnel at least in the short run. Major destination countries often alter their policies on how many medical staff they can accept, and from where, while source countries are required to make appropriate responses to the changes in demand.

Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens : precautions for emergency responders.

"OSHA 3130."

Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens : precautions for emergency responders.

Shipping list no.: 93-0447-P.

Emergency medical services - a report to the Secretary of Transportation by the National Highway Safety Advisory Committee.

Transportation Department, Secretary of Transportation, Washington, D.C.

""Star of Life" - emergency medical care symbol: background, specifications, and criteria.

Mode of access: Internet.

Emergency medical services statutes. U.S. state and territorial survey.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Emergency medical services: a subject bibliography. Revised edition.

Mode of access: Internet.

Emergency medical services (EMS). Coordination and systems improvement. Issue paper. Revised ed.

Mode of access: Internet.

Model legislation for emergency medical services.

Mode of access: Internet.

Public information and education demonstration project for emergency medical services. Volume I. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Enforcement and Emergency Services, Washington, D.C.