A5084276471- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Disaster Response and Management
- Risk and Safety Analysis
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Ergonomics and Human Factors
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Health and Conflict Studies
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
2022
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop an EU sociotechnical systems (STSs) map represent a harmonised concept operations (CONOPS) as future development platform for technologies used in multi-services emergency responses chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incidents. Design/methodology/approach AcciMaps were developed locate where are currently used, opportunities new technologies. iteratively co-designed with end users (fire, ambulance, police military) across...
Extreme weather events present significant global threats to health. The National Ambulance Syndromic Surveillance System collects data on 18 syndromes through chief presenting complaint (CPC) codes. We aimed determine the utility of ambulance monitor extreme temperature for action. Daily total calls were observed between 01/01/2018–30/04/2019. Median daily ’Heat/Cold’ CPC during “known temperature” (identified a priori), “extreme temperature”; (within 5th or 95th percentiles central...
<h3>Background</h3> Busy periods, such as 'winter pressures' months, can create challenges for Emergency Departments (EDs) managing patient flow. This may increase risks throughout the healthcare system. ED patients receive suboptimal care, some remain in ambulances, sometimes hours, whilst queued ambulances cannot attend other patients. In EDs, ambulance queueing is relatively rare; others, it more common. As part of STALLED study, we investigated any association between mean handover time...
Paramedics have a key role to play in reducing current pressures on NHS services and providing patients with better care within more sustainable system. Hilary Pillin looks at some of the transformations urgent emergency delivery illustrates how these new initiatives highlight slowly changing culture NHS.