Emergency medical services (EMS) calls during COVID-19: early lessons learned for systems planning (a narrative review)

A Al Amiry, BJ Maguire - Open Access Emergency Medicine, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Over the course of the COVID-19 progress, reports from many locations around
the world indicated major increases in EMS call volume, which imposed great pressure on …

Emergency medical services prehospital response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the US: a brief literature review

CAI Ventura, EE Denton, JA David… - Open Access …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to analyze prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) response to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the US through a brief systematic review of available literature in …

Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Incidence and Outcomes of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

JZ Liu, CR Counts, CJ Drucker, JM Emert… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Little is known about how COVID-19 affects the incidence or outcomes of out-of-
hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and it is possible that more generalized factors beyond …

Time indices of pre-hospital EMS missions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Iran

M Sabbaghi, M Namazinia, K Miri - BMC Emergency Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many changes in pre-hospital emergency
medical services (EMS), including wearing full-body protective suits and well-fitted face …

[HTML][HTML] Risk for acquiring coronavirus disease illness among emergency medical service personnel exposed to aerosol-generating procedures

A Brown, L Schwarcz, CR Counts… - Emerging infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigated the risk of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients transmitting severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to emergency medical service …

[HTML][HTML] Examining emergency medical services' prehospital transport times for trauma patients during COVID-19

S Jarvis, K Salottolo, GM Berg, M Carrick… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Longer prehospital times were associated with increased odds for survival in
trauma patients. The purpose of this study was to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic …

Wheel running improves fasting‐induced AMPK signaling in skeletal muscle from tumor‐bearing mice

DK Fix, BR Counts, AJ Smuder… - Physiological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Disruptions to muscle protein turnover and metabolic regulation contribute to muscle
wasting during the progression of cancer cachexia. The initiation of cachexia is also …

Update alert: epidemiology of and risk factors for coronavirus infection in health care workers

R Chou, T Dana, DI Buckley, S Selph, R Fu… - Annals of internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
This is the first monthly update alert for a living review on the epidemiology of and risk
factors for coronavirus infections in health care workers (HCWs)(1). Searches were updated …

Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among prehospital emergency medical services workers in Mashhad, Northeast of Iran

M Sarbaz, SFM Baigi, A Darroudi, K Kimiafar - American Journal of Infection …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background This study aimed to assess occupational exposure to blood and body fluids
(BBFs) and the use of protective equipment among prehospital emergency medical services …

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgA identifies asymptomatic infection in first responders

BT Montague, MF Wipperman… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Immunoglobulin A (IgA) is an important component of the early
immune response to SARS-CoV-2. Prior serosurveys in high-risk groups employing IgG …