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Showing result 1 - 5 of 79 swedish dissertations containing the words emergency medical services.

  2. 1. The Negotiation of Urgency: Economies of Attention in an Italian Emergency Room

    Author : Mirko Pasquini; Don Kulick; Claudia Merli; Alice Street; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Medicinsk antropologi; Akutvård; Förtroende; Omvårdnad; Trust; Emergency medical services; Medical anthropology; Nursing; Italien; Triage; Medical anthropology; Urgency; Italy; Emergency Care; Care; Attention; Chronicity; Violence; Mistrust; Triage; Kulturantropologi;

    Abstract : Urgency in a hospital Emergency Room (ER) is not a self-evident state. Urgency is made, by establishing priorities, distributing attention and material resources, and deciding who and what needs to be attended to first – and, simultaneously, who and what has to wait. READ MORE

  4. 2. Where are the people in emergency service planning? : Assessing the geography and equity of access to emergency services in Sweden

    Author : Jacob Hassler; Vania Ceccato; Tobias Andersson Granberg; Jonathan Corcoran; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; emergency services; spatial analysis; equity; accessibility; blåljustjänster; rumslig analys; jämlikhet; tillgänglighet; Urban and Regional Studies; Urbana och regionala studier;

    Abstract : Providing high-quality health care to everyone who needs it is a central objective of the Swedish healthcare system. One way in which this goal is broadly pursued is by allocating resources that maximize the geographical coverage of ambulances, aimed at reducing ambulance respons times as much as possible, for as many as possible. READ MORE

  5. 3. Clinical reasoning among emergency medical service clinicians : An iterative and fragmented process involving the collaborative effort(s) of many

    Author : Ulf Andersson; Johan Berlin; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Emergency medical services; Clinical reasoning; Ambulance; Pre-hospital; Health and well-being; Människan i vården; The Human Perspective in Care;

    Abstract : Aim: The overall aim of the thesis was to generate knowledge and understanding of clinical reasoning in the context of EMS from the perspective of EMS clinicians.Method: Three different methodologies were employed to describe various aspects of clinical reasoning. READ MORE

  6. 4. Patient Assessment and Triage in Emergency Medical Services - The Swedish EMS nurse in a new role

    Author : Carl Magnusson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Emergency medical services; Triage; Patient assessment; Nurse;

    Abstract : Abstract Background: Pre-hospital care is highly complex care where the emergency medical services (EMS) nurse assesses patients in an unselected patient population. The increased demand for EMS resources, which also involves a large number of patients with less urgent needs, has led to the introduction of new methods of practice. READ MORE

  7. 5. Prehospital medical management in Swedish road tunnel incidents

    Author : Johan Hylander; Anton Westman; Britt-Inger Saveman; Lina Gyllencreutz; Michael Haney; Stephen Sollid; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Road tunnel; incident management; disaster medicine; emergency medical services; e-learning; education; ambulance commander;

    Abstract : Background: The complexity of modern road tunnel systems may delay an efficient rescue effort. Capable decision-making is needed to limit time to care. The Swedish ambulance commander, responsible for the on-scene ambulance personnel, may lack education and experience from managing road tunnel incidents. READ MORE