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Top five research priorities in physician-provided pre-hospital critical care – appropriate staffing, training and the effect on outcomes

Despite realizing that the true onset of health compromising acuteness is at the time of injury or disease onset, not when the patient enters the emergency department, the focus remains heavily skewed towards allocating competence and capacity to the receiving hospital. Masterson S. et al. have rece...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine resuscitation and emergency medicine, 2020-04, Vol.28 (1), p.32-32, Article 32
Main Authors: Rehn, Marius, Bache, Kristi G, Lossius, Hans Morten, Lockey, David
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Language:English
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Summary:Despite realizing that the true onset of health compromising acuteness is at the time of injury or disease onset, not when the patient enters the emergency department, the focus remains heavily skewed towards allocating competence and capacity to the receiving hospital. Masterson S. et al. have recently published in this journal a systematic review which investigated what clinical crew competencies and qualifications are required for HEMS to provide care that optimizes patient outcomes [3]. Given the study heterogeneity, differences in ground EMS competencies and the limited focus on patient outcomes in the literature, Masterson S. et al. were unable to use the evidence to comment on optimal clinical crew competencies and qualifications for HEMS provision.
ISSN:1757-7241
1757-7241
DOI:10.1186/s13049-020-00724-x