Telephone triage and dispatch of ambulances to patients with suspected and verified acute stroke - a descriptive study.

Objectives: In this study we aimed to explore EMCC triage of suspected and confirmed stroke patients to gain more knowledge about the initial phase of the acute stroke response chain. Accurate dispatch at the Emergency Medical Communication Center (EMCC) is crucial for optimal resource utilization in the prehospital service, and early identification of acute stroke is known to improve patient outcome.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a descriptive retrospective study based on data from the Emergency Department and EMCC records at a comprehensive stroke center in Oslo, Norway, during a six-month period (2019-2020).

Injuries associated with mechanical chest compressions and active decompressions after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A subgroup analysis of non-survivors from a randomized study.

Background: Both skeletal and visceral injuries are reported after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This subgroup analysis of a randomized clinical study describes/compares autopsy documented injury patterns caused by two mechanical, piston-based chest compression devices: standard LUCAS® 2 (control) and LUCAS® 2 with active decompression (AD, intervention) in non-survivors with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (CA).

Method: We compared injuries documented by autopsies (medical/forensic) after control and intervention CPR based on written relatives consent to use patients' data.

Use of TETRA personal radios and sickness absence in the Airwave Health Monitoring Study of the British police forces.

Background: Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) is used for radiocommunications among the British police forces.

Objectives: To investigate association of personal radio use and sickness absence among police officers and staff from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study.

Methods: Participant-level sickness absence records for 26 forces were linked with personal radio use for 32,102 participants.

Transthoracic Impedance Measured with Defibrillator Pads-New Interpretations of Signal Change Induced by Ventilations.

Compressions during the insufflation phase of ventilations may cause severe pulmonary injury during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Transthoracic impedance (TTI) could be used to evaluate how chest compressions are aligned with ventilations if the insufflation phase could be identified in the TTI waveform without chest compression artifacts. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine whether and how the insufflation phase could be precisely identified during TTI.

Personal radio use and cancer risks among 48,518 British police officers and staff from the Airwave Health Monitoring Study.

Background: Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) from mobile phones have been classified as potentially carcinogenic. No study has investigated use of Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), a source of RF-EMF with wide occupational use, and cancer risks.

Methods: We investigated association of monthly personal radio use and risk of cancer using Cox proportional hazards regression among 48,518 police officers and staff of the Airwave Health Monitoring Study in Great Britain.

Estimation of TETRA radio use in the Airwave Health Monitoring Study of the British police forces.

Background: The Airwave Health Monitoring Study aims to investigate the possible long-term health effects of Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) use among the police forces in Great Britain. Here, we investigate whether objective data from the network operator could be used to correct for misreporting in self-reported data and expand the radio usage availability in our cohort.

Methods: We estimated average monthly usage of personal radio in the 12 months prior to enrolment from a missing value imputation model and evaluated its performance against objective and self-reported data.