Observational studyThe American journal of emergency medicine2021
Prehospital management of acute respiratory distress in suspected COVID-19 patients.
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- Correction: Prehospital respiratory interventions during six waves of COVID-19: results from Israel's Emergency Medical Services system.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Prehospital respiratory interventions during six waves of COVID-19: results from Israel's Emergency Medical Services system.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Telemedicine for prehospital respiratory emergencies in a retrospective quality analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association Between Prehospital Blood Glucose Levels and Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19 Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association · 2023Article
- Investigating the role of predictive death anxiety in the job satisfaction of pre-hospital emergency personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Emergency Medical Services Prehospital Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US: A Brief Literature Review.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2022Review
- Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection and epidemiological profile of Brazilian anesthesiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional study.Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier)Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn December 2019, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in China and became a world-wide pandemic in March 2020. Emergency services and intensive care units (ICUs) were faced with a novel disease with unknown clinical characteristics and presentations. Acute respiratory distress (ARD) was often the chief complaint for an EMS call. This retrospective study evaluated prehospital ARD management and identified factors associated with the need of prehospital mechanical ventilation (PMV) for suspected COVID-19 patients.
methodsWe included 256 consecutive patients with suspected COVID-19-related ARD that received prehospital care from a Paris Fire Brigade BLS or ALS team, from March 08 to April 18, 2020. We performed multivariate regression to identify factors predisposing to PMV.
resultsOf 256 patients (mean age 60 ± 18 years; 82 (32%) males), 77 (30%) had previous hypertension, 31 (12%) were obese, and 49 (19%) had diabetes mellitus. Nineteen patients (7%) required PMV. Logistic regression observed that a low initial pulse oximetry was associated with prehospital PMV (ORa = 0.86, 95%CI: 0.73-0.92; p = 0.004).
conclusionsThis study showed that pulse oximetry might be a valuable marker for rapidly determining suspected COVID-19-patients requiring prehospital mechanical ventilation. Nevertheless, the impact of prehospital mechanical ventilation on COVID-19 patients outcome require further investigations.
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