Publications by authors named "V Todd"
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- The study aimed to determine if direct transport to a cardiac arrest center after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) improved survival rates in New Zealand.
- It analyzed data from 2,297 OHCA patients over five years, using propensity score matching, but found no significant difference in 30-day survival rates between those transported to cardiac arrest centers (56%) and non-cardiac centers (45%).
- Factors like having a shockable rhythm and receiving bystander CPR increased survival odds, while older age and being of Māori or Pacific Peoples ethnicity were linked to lower survival. Further research is needed for more definitive results.
Background: Healthline is one of the 39 free telehealth services that Whakarongorau Aotearoa/New Zealand Telehealth Services provides to New Zealanders. In early 2021, an image upload system for viewing service user-uploaded images was implemented into the Healthline service.
Aims: The aim of this research was to understand the utilisation of Healthline's image upload system by clinicians and service users in New Zealand.
Patients with severe traumatic brain injuries require urgent medical attention at a hospital. We evaluated whether transporting adult patients with a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) to a Neuroscience Centre is associated with reduced mortality. We reviewed studies published between 2010 and 2023 on severe TBI in adults (>18 years) using Medline, CINAHL, Google Scholar and Cochrane databases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Emergency medical services (EMS) use of naloxone in the prehospital setting is indicated in patients who have significantly impaired breathing or level of consciousness when opioid intoxication is suspected. The present study characterised naloxone use in a nationwide sample of Aotearoa New Zealand road EMS patients to establish a baseline for surveillance of any changes in the future.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of rates of patients with naloxone administrations was conducted using Hato Hone St John (2017-2021) and Wellington Free Ambulance (2018-2021) electronic patient report form datasets.
The aim of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of the ethnic and socio-demographic differences in the utilisation of the national 24/7 Healthline service in relation to skin condition calls and their outcomes. Healthline is one of the 39 free telehealth services that Whakarongorau Aotearoa | New Zealand Telehealth Services provides to New Zealanders. This is a retrospective observational study analysing Healthline data over a 4-year period: January 2019 through to December 2022.
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