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prehospital

prehospital

4.2
Medical care given by paramedics before a person reaches a hospital
  • noun
  • /priːˈhɒspɪtəl/
  • Specialized
: atención prehospitalaria
  • Since the FTT analysis is at variance with the experimental data and with the larger benefit found in direct, randomized comparison of prehospital with in-hospital therapy, an alternative presentation of the trial data seems appropriate.

Examples

  • In these studies, the average delay from symptom onset to initiation of therapy was 2.1 hours in the prehospital patients and 3.1 hours in the in-hospital patients.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In many cases, timely prehospital services can significantly improve patient outcomes during emergencies.

  • And you get into the mud when you get into the prehospital or EMT market.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Patients were 3.375 times more likely to be admitted if they received methylprednisolone in the emergency department versus in the prehospital setting.

    Blog text (16)
  • In patients with acute respiratory failure, prehospital CPAP reduces mortality and intubation rates compared with standard care.

    Academic text (2015)
  • In general, victims with relatively minor injuries who are not entrapped or incapacitated tend to bypass the prehospital EMS system and go rapidly by other means to the nearest hospital.

    Academic text (2007)
  • GRAPH: Figure 1: Mortality at 35 days in randomised studies comparing prehospital (circles) with inhospital (squares) thrombolytic therapy.

    Academic text (2000)
  • This advantage of very early therapy in the prehospital studies is much larger than the effect of 1 hour earlier treatment reported by the FTT investigators (1.6 lives per 1000 treated), who compared in-hospital thrombolytic with placebo or conventional therapy.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Emergency medical technicians provided essential prehospital care to stabilize the patient before transport to the hospital.

  • The prehospital treatment included administering first aid and oxygen to the injured hikers.

Synonyms

first aid
vsprehospital
72 2.0

Help given quickly to a sick or injured person before a doctor arrives

is broader services before arrival at a medical facility not only quick lay treatment
paramedicine
vsprehospital
  • Specialized
1 4.6

Training and work that teach ambulance workers to give emergency medical care before or during hospital transfer

is general services provided before arrival rather than a named professional field

How Advanced

paramedicine
  • Specialized
1 4.6
prehospital
  • Specialized
4.2
first aid
72 2.0

Surface Forms

prehospital singular
prehospitals plural

Etymology

Prehospital is made of pre- meaning 'before' and hospital meaning 'a place to care for the sick'. As a noun, prehospital refers to the emergency care or services given before someone arrives at the hospital.