Douglas Spangler
Research Assistant at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Health Services Research
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 66 67
- Mobile phone:
- +46 73 469 76 13
- E-mail:
- douglas.spangler@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Husarg. 3
- Postal address:
- Box 564
751 22 UPPSALA
Short presentation
I am a researcher at the Uppsala Center for Prehospital Care, and the Health Services Research group. My interests include quantitative methods for measuring and improving decision-making processes and quality of care within the prehospital domain, as well as policy evaluation using causal inference methods. I am passionate about the use of open-source software and open science, data quality and study design, and the use of turn signals when exiting roundabouts.

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Journal of Nursing Management, 2026
- DOI for "Stay Calm and Pick Up Signs to Understand the Cause": Registered Nurses Use Multiple Strategies for Handling Difficult Emergency Calls
- Download full text (pdf) of "Stay Calm and Pick Up Signs to Understand the Cause": Registered Nurses Use Multiple Strategies for Handling Difficult Emergency Calls
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Part of Resuscitation, 2026
- DOI for Ventilation parameters during Advanced Life Support in cardiac arrest (CAvent): A multicentre observational cohort study
- Download full text (pdf) of Ventilation parameters during Advanced Life Support in cardiac arrest (CAvent): A multicentre observational cohort study
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Part of PLoS Medicine, 2026
- DOI for Machine learning assisted differentiation of low acuity patients at dispatch: The MADLAD randomized controlled trial
- Download full text (pdf) of Machine learning assisted differentiation of low acuity patients at dispatch: The MADLAD randomized controlled trial
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Part of Resuscitation Plus, 2026
- DOI for A novel algorithm to determine ventilation parameters during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using pneumotachography waveform data
- Download full text (pdf) of A novel algorithm to determine ventilation parameters during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using pneumotachography waveform data
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The impact of the Swedish Care Coordination Act on heart failure readmissions and length of stay
Part of Circulation Heart Failure, 2025
- DOI for The impact of the Swedish Care Coordination Act on heart failure readmissions and length of stay
- Download full text (pdf) of The impact of the Swedish Care Coordination Act on heart failure readmissions and length of stay
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Journal of Nursing Management, 2026
- DOI for "Stay Calm and Pick Up Signs to Understand the Cause": Registered Nurses Use Multiple Strategies for Handling Difficult Emergency Calls
- Download full text (pdf) of "Stay Calm and Pick Up Signs to Understand the Cause": Registered Nurses Use Multiple Strategies for Handling Difficult Emergency Calls
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Part of Resuscitation, 2026
- DOI for Ventilation parameters during Advanced Life Support in cardiac arrest (CAvent): A multicentre observational cohort study
- Download full text (pdf) of Ventilation parameters during Advanced Life Support in cardiac arrest (CAvent): A multicentre observational cohort study
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Part of PLoS Medicine, 2026
- DOI for Machine learning assisted differentiation of low acuity patients at dispatch: The MADLAD randomized controlled trial
- Download full text (pdf) of Machine learning assisted differentiation of low acuity patients at dispatch: The MADLAD randomized controlled trial
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Part of Resuscitation Plus, 2026
- DOI for A novel algorithm to determine ventilation parameters during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using pneumotachography waveform data
- Download full text (pdf) of A novel algorithm to determine ventilation parameters during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using pneumotachography waveform data
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The impact of the Swedish Care Coordination Act on heart failure readmissions and length of stay
Part of Circulation Heart Failure, 2025
- DOI for The impact of the Swedish Care Coordination Act on heart failure readmissions and length of stay
- Download full text (pdf) of The impact of the Swedish Care Coordination Act on heart failure readmissions and length of stay
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The impact of the Swedish Care Coordination Act on heart failure readmissions and length of stay
Part of Circulation Heart Failure, 2025
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Difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres: a mixed method study
Part of BMC Emergency Medicine, 2025
- DOI for Difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres: a mixed method study
- Download full text (pdf) of Difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres: a mixed method study
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Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2025
- DOI for Variation in emergency department visits among residents of Swedish nursing homes between 2019 and 2020: a population-based cohort study
- Download full text (pdf) of Variation in emergency department visits among residents of Swedish nursing homes between 2019 and 2020: a population-based cohort study
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Part of BMJ Open Quality, 2025
- DOI for Continuous individual feedback to nurses at emergency medical dispatch centres: a stepped-wedge, interrupted time series analysis
- Download full text (pdf) of Continuous individual feedback to nurses at emergency medical dispatch centres: a stepped-wedge, interrupted time series analysis
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Ambulance quality and outcome measures for general non-conveyed populations (AQUA): A scoping review
Part of PLOS ONE, 2024
- DOI for Ambulance quality and outcome measures for general non-conveyed populations (AQUA): A scoping review
- Download full text (pdf) of Ambulance quality and outcome measures for general non-conveyed populations (AQUA): A scoping review
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Part of Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 2023
- DOI for Continuous chest compressions are associated with higher peak inspiratory pressures when compared to 30:2 in an experimental cardiac arrest model
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Part of International Journal of Integrated Care, 2023
- DOI for The Impact of the Swedish Care Coordination Act on Hospital Readmission and Length-of-Stay among Multi-Morbid Elderly Patients: A Controlled Interrupted Time Series Analysis
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Part of Cancers, 2023
- DOI for Enhanced Therapeutic Effects of 177Lu-DOTA-M5A in Combination with Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor Onalespib in Colorectal Cancer Xenografts
- Download full text (pdf) of Enhanced Therapeutic Effects of 177Lu-DOTA-M5A in Combination with Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor Onalespib in Colorectal Cancer Xenografts
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Part of Journal of Clinical Nursing, p. 2486-2494, 2022
- DOI for Better safe than sorry: Registered nurses' strategies for handling difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres - An interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Better safe than sorry: Registered nurses' strategies for handling difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres - An interview study
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Part of BMC Nursing, 2021
- DOI for The perspectives of Swedish registered nurses about managing difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres: a qualitative descriptive study
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Prehospital identification of Covid-19: an observational study
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
- DOI for Prehospital identification of Covid-19: an observational study
- Download full text (pdf) of Prehospital identification of Covid-19: an observational study
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Part of Nursing and Health Sciences, p. 430-438, 2021
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Part of BMJ Open, 2020
- DOI for Using trigger tools to identify triage errors by ambulance dispatch nurses in Sweden: an observational study
- Download full text (pdf) of Using trigger tools to identify triage errors by ambulance dispatch nurses in Sweden: an observational study
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Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 3104-3112, 2020
- DOI for Registered Nurses' experiences of using a clinical decision support system for triage of emergency calls: A qualitative interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Registered Nurses' experiences of using a clinical decision support system for triage of emergency calls: A qualitative interview study
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A validation of machine learning-based risk scores in the prehospital setting
Part of PLOS ONE, 2019
- DOI for A validation of machine learning-based risk scores in the prehospital setting
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Small is beautiful?: Explaining resident satisfaction in Swedish nursing home care
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2019
- DOI for Small is beautiful?: Explaining resident satisfaction in Swedish nursing home care
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Articles, review/survey
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Soft law and individual responsibility: a review of the Swedish policy response to COVID-19
Part of Health Economics, Policy and Law, p. 48-61, 2022
- DOI for Soft law and individual responsibility: a review of the Swedish policy response to COVID-19
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