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A randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of a paramedic-delivered care transitions intervention to reduce emergency department revisits

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background Approximately 20% of community-dwelling older adults discharged from the emergency department (ED) return to an ED within 30 days, an occurrence partially resulting from poor care transitions. Prior published interventions to improve the ED-to-
Ranran Mi, Matthew M. Hollander, Courtney M. C. Jones, Eva H. DuGoff, Thomas V. Caprio, Jeremy T. Cushman, Amy J. H. Kind, Michael Lohmeier, Manish N. Shah   +8 more
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Community paramedicine program and outcomes of referred coronary artery bypass grafting patients

Rural and Remote Health
Introduction: Community paramedicine is a field in its infancy. The use of community paramedics has expanded in recent years as an alternative or adjunct to home health in the continued drive to decrease health disparities and complications. In current
Regan Washist, Casey Smith, Tyler Kientopf   +2 more
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Professionalism among paramedic students: achieving the measure or missing the mark?

Advances in Medical Education and Practice, 2017
L Michael Bowen, Brett Williams, Luke Stanke Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia Background: Professionalism is a pillar of ...
Bowen LM, Williams B, Stanke L
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The cost-effectiveness of a patient centred pressure ulcer prevention care bundle: findings from the INTACT cluster randomised trial [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Pressure ulcers are serious, avoidable, costly and common adverse outcomes of healthcare. Objectives: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a patient-centred pressure ulcer prevention care bundle compared to standard care.
Allman, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Boyd, Briggs, Brigid M. Gillespie, Chaboyer, Chaboyer, Claxton, Dealey, Demarre, Demarre, Elizabeth McInnes, Gillespie, Gorecki, Graves, Hengstermann, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Jackson, Jennifer A. Whitty, Joan Webster, Jose Cumsille, Lukman Thalib, Marianne Wallis, Mathiesen, Merrilyn Banks, Ng, Nguyen, Power, Queensland Health, Reddy, Rosenthal, Sebba Tosta de Souza, Shelley Roberts, Tracey Bucknall, van Gaal, Vetrano, Wendy Chaboyer   +36 more
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Management of frequent ED users by community paramedics improves patient experiences and reduces EMS utilization

Patient Experience Journal, 2020
This study examined a suburban emergency medical system (EMS)-led community paramedicine (CP) program in terms of adherence to protocol, patient-paramedic interactions, patient experience, and cost.
Oluwakemi Adio, Laura Ikuma, Sonja Wiley
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The skewness of science in 219 sub-fields and a number of aggregates [PDF]

This paper studies evidence from Thomson Scientific about the citation process of 3.7 million articles published in the period 1998-2002 in 219 Web of Science categories, or sub-fields.
Ignacio Ortuño, Javier Ruiz-Castillo, Juan A. Crespo, Pedro Albarrán   +3 more
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Narratives on why pregnant women delay seeking maternal health care during delivery and obstetric complications in rural Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background Despite the many maternal healthcare policy programmes in Ghana such as free the antenatal care (ANC) and the fee-exemption policy under the National Health Insurance Scheme, among others, the country has yet to make substantial improvements ...
Joshua Sumankuuro, Memuna Yankasa Mahama, Judith Crockett, Shaoyu Wang, Jeanine Young   +4 more
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Towards a person-centred holistic consultation framework for paramedics attending non-acute presentations: A multidisciplinary commentary

Paramedicine
Introduction: Traditional rapid-assessment models may not be fully suited for the complex non-acute presentations that paramedics commonly encounter. As paramedicine evolves to meet non-acute patient needs, extended practice community paramedic roles are
Robbie King, Angela Martin, Alan M. Batt, Sonia Louise Martin, Nigel Barr, Caroline Hwang, Bill Lord, Peter O’Meara, Louise Reynolds, Staffan Hammarbäck, Shaun Hosein, Julie Kempton, Brendan Shannon   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Irritable bowel syndrome in Iranian young adults: A survey among medical students

, 2006
A cross-sectional study on medical students at the Golestan University of Medical Sciences in Iran was conducted to determine the prevalence of IBS and to assess the symptom subgroups based on the predominant bowel habit.
Abdolahi, N., Besharat, S., Fazel, A.R., Jabbari, A., Kalavi, K., Keshtkar, A.A., Mozaffari, D., Roshandel, G., Semnani, S.   +8 more
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How should non-emergency EMS presentations be managed? A thematic analysis of politicians’, policymakers’, clinicians’ and consumers’ viewpoints

BMJ Open
Objective In 2023, Australian government emergency medical services (EMS) responded to over 4 million consumers, of which over 56% were not classified as an ‘emergency’, at the cost of AU$5.5 billion.
George Braitberg, Ray Bange, Marie Gerdtz, Matt Wilkinson-Stokes, Celene Yap, Di Crellin   +5 more
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