TY - JOUR
T1 - Activation to Arrival
T2 - Transition and Handoff from Emergency Medical Services to Emergency Departments
AU - Picinich, Christine
AU - Madden, Lori Kennedy
AU - Brendle, Kellie
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - The burden of neurologic disease in the United States continues to increase due to a growing older population, increased life expectancy, and improved mortality after cancer and cardiac disease. Emergency medical services (EMS) providers are responding to more patients with stroke, traumatic neurologic injury, neuromuscular weakness, seizure, and spontaneous cardiac arrest. Efficient prehospital care and triage to facilities with specialized services improve outcomes. Effective handoff from EMS to an emergency department ensures continuity of care and patient safety. Although advancements in prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation have increased rates of return to spontaneous circulation, a large proportion of patients sustain neurologic injury.
AB - The burden of neurologic disease in the United States continues to increase due to a growing older population, increased life expectancy, and improved mortality after cancer and cardiac disease. Emergency medical services (EMS) providers are responding to more patients with stroke, traumatic neurologic injury, neuromuscular weakness, seizure, and spontaneous cardiac arrest. Efficient prehospital care and triage to facilities with specialized services improve outcomes. Effective handoff from EMS to an emergency department ensures continuity of care and patient safety. Although advancements in prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation have increased rates of return to spontaneous circulation, a large proportion of patients sustain neurologic injury.
KW - Emergency departments (ED)
KW - Emergency medical services (EMS)
KW - EMS patient handoff
KW - Patient transfer
KW - Spinal cord injury (SCI)
KW - Stroke
KW - Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cnur.2019.04.001
DO - 10.1016/j.cnur.2019.04.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31331619
AN - SCOPUS:85066085057
VL - 54
SP - 313
EP - 323
JO - Nursing Clinics of North America
JF - Nursing Clinics of North America
SN - 0029-6465
IS - 3
ER -