"Ambulances" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A vehicle equipped for transporting patients in need of emergency care.
| Descriptor ID |
D000552
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| MeSH Number(s) |
J01.937.500.050 N02.421.297.879.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Emergency Mobile Units- Emergency Mobile Units
- Emergency Mobile Unit
- Mobile Unit, Emergency
- Mobile Units, Emergency
- Unit, Emergency Mobile
- Units, Emergency Mobile
- Mobile Emergency Units
- Emergency Unit, Mobile
- Emergency Units, Mobile
- Mobile Emergency Unit
- Unit, Mobile Emergency
- Units, Mobile Emergency
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ambulances" by people in Profiles.
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Condella A, Richards JB, Frakes MA, Grant CJ, Cohen JE, Wilcox SR. ECMO Transport without Physicians or Additional Clinicians. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2021 Feb; 36(1):51-57.
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Jansson PS, Richards JB, Frakes MA, Cohen JE, Wilcox SR. The Effect of Lights and Sirens on Critical Care Transport Time. J Emerg Med. 2020 Oct; 59(4):553-560.
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Foster C, Frakes MA, Puopolo E, McNulty F, Saia MS, Hourihan M, Flynn M, Wilcox SR. Inhaled Epoprostenol to Facilitate Safe Transport in Legionnaires' Disease. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2020 Feb; 35(1):109-114.
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Vieira J, Frakes M, Cohen J, Wilcox S. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Transport Part 2: Complications and Troubleshooting. Air Med J. 2020 Mar - Apr; 39(2):124-132.
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Fitzgerald MC, Lloyd-Donald P, Smit V, Mathew J, Kim Y, Tee J, Dewan Y, Mitra B. Prehospital Ground Transport Rapid Sequence Intubation for Trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury Outcomes. Ann Surg. 2019 03; 269(3):e29-e30.
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Mitra B, Mathew J, Gupta A, Cameron P, O'Reilly G, Soni KD, Kaushik G, Howard T, Fahey M, Stephenson M, Kumar V, Vyas S, Dharap S, Patel P, Thakor A, Sharma N, Walker T, Misra MC, Gruen R, Fitzgerald M. Protocol for a prospective observational study to improve prehospital notification of injured patients presenting to trauma centres in India. BMJ Open. 2017 Jul 17; 7(7):e014073.
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Wilcox SR, Saia MS, Waden H, McGahn SJ, Frakes M, Wedel SK, Richards JB. Medication Administration in Critical Care Transport of Adult Patients with Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015 Aug; 30(4):431-5.
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Tennyson J, Maranda L, Darnobid A. Knowledge and Beliefs of EMS Providers toward Lights and Siren Transportation. West J Emerg Med. 2015 May; 16(3):465-71.
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Tennyson JC, Quale MR. Reduction in STEMI transfer times utilizing a municipal "911" ambulance service. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2014 Feb; 29(1):50-3.
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Cantwell K, Burgess S, Patrick I, Niggemeyer L, Fitzgerald M, Cameron P, Jones C, Pascoe D. Improvement in the prehospital recognition of tension pneumothorax: the effect of a change to paramedic guidelines and education. Injury. 2014 Jan; 45(1):71-6.