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Nedas Jasinskas, MD

Enhancing Emergency Medical Dispatch to Drive Specific and Significant Improvements in Patient Care

Tracey Barron, BS, Paulius Dobozinskas, MD, Nedas Jasinskas, MD, Jeff J. Clawson, MD, Greg Scott, MBA, EMD-QI, Brett Patterson, Christopher Olola, PhD

Mar 15, 2016|AEDR 2016 Vol. 4 Issue 1|System Report

Measurement is a critical part of testing and implementing changes as well as identifying areas for further research, in prehospital care and dispatch. Kaunas, the second largest city in Lithuania, implemented the Medical Priority Dispatch System™ (MPDS®) to improve the efficiency, timely availability, consistency, and reliability of dispatch data and information. This in turn facilitated a research study into the care of cardiac arrest patients. Measurement is a critical part of testing and implementing changes, as well as identifying areas for further research...

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A FIVE-SECOND INSTRUCTOR'S INTERVENTION HELPS LIGHTWEIGHT FEMALE RESCUERS ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED CHEST COMPRESSION DEPTH.

Asta Krikscionaitiene, Dinas Vaitkaitis, A. Pranskunas, K. Stasaitis, M. Dambrauskiene, Zilvinas Dambrauskas, J. Vencloviene, Nedas Jasinskas, MD

Mar 01, 2014|AEDR 2014 Vol. 2 Issue 1|Poster Abstracts

Adequate chest compression (CC) depth is crucial for optimal resuscitation outcomes. Lightweight rescuers, particularly women, are often unable to achieve the required 5-6 cm CC depth. This non-randomized cohort study investigated new strategies to improve CC performance. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of a 5-second instructor's intervention on the depth of CCs performed by female rescuers during standard video selfinstruction (VSI) basic life support (BLS) training. Methods: Data were prospectively collected from January 2011 to January 2012...

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