Emergency ambulance service involvement with residential care homes in the support of older people with dementia : an observational study [PDF]
, 2014 © 2014 Amador et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and ...
A Gruneir +25 more
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An observational study of patient characteristics associated with the mode of admission to acute stroke services in North East, England [PDF]
, 2013 Objective Effective provision of urgent stroke care relies upon admission to hospital by emergency ambulance and may involve pre-hospital redirection.
Antony Bayer +37 more
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Regulation of Emergency Services [PDF]
Public Health Reports (1896-1970), 1963 IHE transportation and care given an accident victim until he reaches a proper,medical facility are frequently crucial to his survival. Nevertheless, the emergency services in most communities are noticeably unsupervised and unregulated, and, all too often, accident victims arrive at the hospital with injuries and conditions inadequately cared for or ...
Frank C. Palmer, Adelbert E. Briggs
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Emergency supply of prescription-only medicines to patients by community pharmacists: a mixed methods evaluation incorporating patient, pharmacist and GP perspectives [PDF]
, 2015 Objective To evaluate and inform emergency supply of prescription-only medicines by community pharmacists (CPs), including how the service could form an integral component of established healthcare provision to maximise adherence. Design Mixed methods.
Ashcroft, Darren M +7 more
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A study of urgent and emergency referrals from NHS Direct within England [PDF]
, 2015 Objectives: The presented study aimed to explore referral patterns of National Health Service (NHS) Direct to determine how patients engage with telephone-based healthcare and how telephone-healthcare can manage urgent and emergency care.
Al-Qirim +30 more
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What do we really know about infants who attend Accident and Emergency departments? [PDF]
, 2013 Aims: Accident and Emergency attendances continue to rise. Infants are disproportionately represented. This study examines the clinical reasons infants attend UK Accident and Emergency departments.
Blair, M, Heys, M, Kwong, H-M, Reed, J
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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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What do users value about the emergency ambulance service? [PDF]
, 2013 Introduction: Response times have been used as a key quality indicator for emergency ambulance services in the United Kingdom, but criticised for their narrow focus. Consequently, there is a need to consider wider measures of quality.
O'Cathain, Alicia +4 more
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Streaming primary urgent care: a prospective approach [PDF]
, 2012 Aim: To identify the appropriate service provider attendees of emergency departments (EDs) and walk-in centres (WiCs) in North East London and to match this to local service provision and patient choice.
Altman +11 more
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