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https://read.qxmd.com/read/26031475/descriptions-and-presentations-of-sepsis-a-qualitative-content-analysis-of-emergency-calls
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Katarina Bohm, Lisa Kurland, Sofia Bartholdson, Maaret Castrèn
BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a serious condition which requires early treatment. We often fail to recognize sepsis patients in the chain of prehospital care. Knowledge of how sepsis is expressed in calls to the emergency medical communication centre (EMCC) is limited. An increased understanding could lead to earlier identification of patients with sepsis. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the descriptions of sepsis used during communication between the caller and the emergency medical dispatcher (EMD)...
October 2015: International Emergency Nursing
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26070235/prehospital-recognition-of-severe-sepsis-development-and-validation-of-a-novel-ems-screening-tool
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Carmen C Polito, Alex Isakov, Arthur H Yancey, Duncan K Wilson, Blake A Anderson, Ingrid Bloom, Greg S Martin, Jonathan E Sevransky
OBJECTIVE: To derive and validate a predictive model and novel emergency medical services (EMS) screening tool for severe sepsis (SS). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: A single EMS system and an urban, public hospital. PATIENTS: Sequential adult, nontrauma, nonarrest, at-risk, EMS-transported patients between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2012 were included in the study. At-risk patients were defined as having all 3 of the following criteria present in the EMS setting: (1) heart rate greater than 90 beats/min, (2) respiratory rate greater than 20 beats/min, and (3) systolic blood pressure less than 110 mm Hg...
September 2015: American Journal of Emergency Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/26024065/epidemiology-of-sepsis-and-its-recognition-by-emergency-medical-services-personnel-in-the-netherlands
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Lena C W van der Wekken, Nadia Alam, Frits Holleman, Pieternel van Exter, Mark H H Kramer, Prabath W B Nanayakkara
Little is known about the epidemiology of sepsis in the Netherlands. In addition, information regarding the ability of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to recognize sepsis is lacking. The aim of this study is to determine epidemiological characteristics of sepsis and the recognition of sepsis by EMS personnel in an urban area in the Netherlands. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using transport information from EMS Amsterdam and admission diagnoses at the emergency department gathered through discharge data from two academic hospitals in Amsterdam for the year 2012...
2016: Prehospital Emergency Care
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