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From fragmentation to unity. How to make the transition to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model.
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This article is published in Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy.The article was published on 2008-09-01. It has received 21 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fragmentation (computing).read more
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Emergency medical services at the crossroads
TL;DR: The report by the committee on the future of emergency care in the US health system constructively looks at where emergency medical services are in the USA, where they need to be and how to get there.
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Prehospital Care and New Models of Regionalization
David C. Cone,E. Brooke Lerner,Roger A. Band,Chris Renjilian,Bentley J. Bobrow,C. Crawford Mechem,Alix J E Carter,Douglas F. Kupas,Daniel W. Spaite +8 more
TL;DR: The group focused on prehospital issues such as the identification of patients by EMS personnel, protocol-driven destination selection, bypassing closer nondesignated centers to transport patients directly to more distant designated specialty centers, and the modes of transport to be used as they relate to the regionalization of emergency care.
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State Regulation of Community Paramedicine Programs: A National Analysis
Melody Glenn,Olivia Zoph,Kim Weidenaar,Leila Barraza,Warren Greco,Kylie Jenkins,Pooja Paode,Jonathan Fisher +7 more
TL;DR: There is a lack of guidance and consistency regarding CP programs and scope of practice according to state laws and regulations, and further studies are needed to understand best practices around regulation and oversight of CP.
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Calling 911: Emergency Medical Services in Need of Human Factors
TL;DR: This work observed EMS units in action to learn about their underlying human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) and found that equipment and organizational systems were often difficult to use or poorly suited to task demands.
Factors that Affect Reattempting the Emergency Medical Technician Cognitive Certification Examination
TL;DR: This research attempted to develop a model to show the relative contribution of previous NREMT-C score, demographic factors, pay status, employment status, and school accreditation to predict candidates’ likelihood of retesting, and identified some factors related to examination persistence.