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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, Becketti, Bennett, Bird, Box, Clark, Craig, Darke, Darke, Davoli, Jarosz, Knowlton, Lankenau, Lenton, Longo, McAuley, McAuley, McCain, Merchant, Merrall, Moore, Salmon, Seal, Shermann, Sporer, Strang, Walley, Weatherburn, World Health Organization (WHO), Wright   +29 more
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Developing new ways of measuring the quality and impact of ambulance service care: the PhOEBE mixed-methods research programme

Programme Grants for Applied Research, 2019
Ambulance service quality measures have focused on response times and a small number of emergency conditions, such as cardiac arrest. These quality measures do not reflect the care for the wide range of problems that ambulance services respond to and the
J. Turner, A. Siriwardena, J. Coster, R. Jacques, A. Irving, A. Crum, H. B. Gorrod, J. Nicholl, V. Phung, Fiona Togher, R. Wilson, A. O’Cathain, A. Booth, D. Bradbury, S. Goodacre, A. Spaight, J. Shewan, R. Pilbery, Daniel Fall, Maggie Marsh, Andrea Broadway-Parkinson, R. Lyons, H. Snooks, Michael J Campbell   +23 more
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The effects of emergency medical service work on the psychological, physical, and social well-being of ambulance personnel: a systematic review of qualitative research

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background High rates of mental distress, mental illness, and the associated physical effects of psychological injury experienced by ambulance personnel has been widely reported in quantitative research. However, there is limited understanding of how the
S. Lawn, L. Roberts, E. Willis, L. Couzner, L. Mohammadi, Elizabeth Goble   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Agricultural Injuries With Dementia: Double Whammy?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nearly 40% of US farmers are over 65 years old. Some emerging evidence links agricultural occupational exposure to increased dementia risk. However, little is known about dementia and injury outcomes in agricultural settings. Methods We employed data from the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Participant Use File (
Kanika Arora, Jonathan Davis, Lila B. Basnet, Julie Bobitt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring factors influencing time from dispatch to unit availability according to the transport decision in the pre-hospital setting: an exploratory study

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Efficient resource distribution is important. Despite extensive research on response timings within ambulance services, nuances of time from unit dispatch to becoming available still need to be explored.
Hassan Farhat, Ahmed Makhlouf, Padarath Gangaram, Kawther El Aifa, Mohamed Chaker Khenissi, Ian Howland, Cyrine Abid, Andre Jones, Ian Howard, Nicholas Castle, Loua Al Shaikh, Moncef Khadhraoui, Imed Gargouri, James Laughton, Guillaume Alinier   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
core   +2 more sources

Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz, Fiona Carey, Libby Witts, Jessie Spence, Peter Mulherin, Megan Topping, Di Winkler, Jacinta Douglas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prehospital assessment of perinatal patients by ambulance clinicians: development, implementation, review and national application

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Prehospital maternity care is complex due to limited diagnostic equipment and access to pertinent information, constraints on resources, environmental challenges, minimal education and exposure to maternity cases.
Camella Main, Joanna Shaw, Lydia Burgess, Stephanie Heys, Susan Rhind, Tony Kelly   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ambulance use for ‘primary care’ problems: an ethnographic study of seeking and providing help in a UK ambulance service

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives To explore what factors shape a service user’s decision to call an emergency ambulance for a ‘primary care sensitive’ condition (PCSC), including contextual factors.
M. Booker, S. Purdy, R. Barnes, A. Shaw
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Community pharmacists' practices and perspectives on deprescribing high‐risk psychotropic medicines: National survey findings

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim To explore the practices, confidence and perspectives of community pharmacists in deprescribing high‐risk psychotropic medicines, including opioid analgesics, benzodiazepine, gabapentinoids and medicinal cannabis. Methods An anonymous, cross‐sectional national online survey was conducted between January and April 2025 among Australian community ...
Monica Jung, Louisa Picco, Aili V. Langford, Rose Laing, Jana Dostal, Suzanne Nielsen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source