Evaluating the impact of a national naloxone programme on ambulance attendance at overdose incidents: a controlled time-series analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Background and Aims: It has been suggested that distributing naloxone to people who inject drugs (PWID) will lead to fewer attendances by emergency medical services at opioid-related overdose incidents if peer administration of naloxone was perceived ...
Ashworth +29 more
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Stakeholder perspectives on new ways of delivering unscheduled health care: the role of ownership and organisational identity [PDF]
, 2006 <b>Rationale, aims and objectives</b>: To explore stakeholder perspectives of the implementation of a new, national integrated nurse-led telephone advice and consultation service (NHS 24), comparing the views of stakeholders from different ...
Department of Health +15 more
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BMJ Open, 2021 Objective To explore paramedic experiences of providing care during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and develop theory in order to inform future policy and practice.Design Qualitative study using constructivist evolved grounded theory (EGT) methodology.
Nigel Rees +3 more
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Regional Variations in Emergency Service Performance: Does Social Capital Matter? [PDF]
, 2014 Regional variations in emergency service performance: does social capital matter?, Regional Studies. The relationship between social capital and the performance of public organizations is currently at the top of the UK policy agenda and elsewhere.
Andrews R. +25 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2018 Background We examined the effect of advanced preparation and organisation of equipment and drugs for Pre-hospital Emergency Anaesthesia (PHEA) and tracheal intubation on procedural time, error rates, and cognitive load.
Paul Swinton +6 more
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The impact of a new regional air ambulance service on a large general hospital [PDF]
, 2006 Background: Helicopter air ambulance crews are influenced in their selection of the destination hospital for their patients by several factors including: distance from the scene; facilities, on site specialties, and senior cover of the receiving hospital;
Bleetman, A., Currie, A., Jenkinson, E.
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Epidemiology, prehospital care and outcomes of patients arriving by ambulance with dyspnoea: An observational study [PDF]
, 2016 Background: This study aimed to determine epidemiology and outcome for patients presenting to emergency departments (ED) with shortness of breath who were transported by ambulance.
Archer, Peter +57 more
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Reliability and validity of an Ambulance Patient Reported Experience Measure (A-PREM): pilot study [PDF]
, 2017 Background There are no prehospital ambulance Patient Reported Experience Measures (A-PREMs) routinely used to support service comparisons and improvement.
Akanuwe, Joseph +3 more
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BMJ Open Quality, 2019 ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a time-dependent clinical emergency. Early recognition and intervention in the clinical course of STEMI are key to reducing mortality and morbidity.
Ian Howard +3 more
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The negative consequences of culture change management: Evidence from a UK NHS ambulance service [PDF]
, 2014 The purpose of this article is to analyse the culture change management programme in one UK NHS ambulance service, documenting various perverse consequences of the change management and suggest further research implications.
Brinkman, John, Wankhade, Paresh
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