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Exploring variation in how ambulance services address non-conveyance: a qualitative interview study. [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2018
Objectives There is considerable variation in non-conveyance rates between ambulance services in England. The aim was to explore variation in how each ambulance service addressed non-conveyance for calls ending in telephone advice and discharge at scene ...
Knowles E, Bishop-Edwards L, O'Cathain A.   +2 more
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Patients’ experiences of non-conveyance following an Australian ambulance service paramedic response: A constructivist grounded theory exploration

Paramedicine, 2023
Understanding patient experience is associated with quality, safe, and effective healthcare. However, there is a scarcity of knowledge explaining how patients experience non-conveyance, a setting where individuals receive unscheduled ambulance service ...
Robbie King, Florin I Oprescu, Bill Lord, Belinda Flanagan, Terri Downer   +4 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Ambulance crew-initiated non-conveyance in the Helsinki EMS system-A retrospective cohort study. [PDF]

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 2022
AbstractBackgroundAmbulance patients are usually transported to the hospital in the emergency medical service (EMS) system. The aim of this study was to describe the non‐conveyance practice in the Helsinki EMS system and to report mortality following non‐conveyance decisions.MethodsAll prehospital patients ≥16 years attended by the EMS but not ...
Heinonen K, Puolakka T, Salmi H, Boyd J, Laiho M, Porthan K, Harve-Rytsälä H, Kuisma M.   +7 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Patients’ aged ≥65 years dispositions during ambulance assignments, including factors associated with non-conveyance to hospital: a longitudinal and comparative study [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Patients ≥65 years old represent 30%–50% of all ambulance assignments (AAs), and the knowledge of which care level they are disposed to is limited and diverging.
Bengt Fridlund, Carina Elmqvist, Elin-Sofie Forsgärde, Anders Svensson, Richard Andersson, Mattias Rööst   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Children and young people assessed by ambulance clinicians in a sparsely populated circumpolar region: non-conveyance and subsequent healthcare contacts in Northern Sweden [PDF]

International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Ambulance services in sparsely populated circumpolar regions operate over large distances with limited access to alternative care, potentially expanding their role beyond transport to assessment, decision-making, and healthcare navigation.
Johan Sparrevik, Åsa Engström, Ulrica Strömbäck, Rose-Marie Isaksson, Veronica Lindström   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Non-conveyance of older adult patients and association with subsequent clinical and adverse events after initial assessment by ambulance clinicians: a cohort analysis [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Older adults (age ≥ 65 years) represent a significant proportion of all patients who are not transported to hospital after assessment by ambulance clinicians (non-conveyed patients).
Jakob Lederman, Veronica Lindström, Carina Elmqvist, Caroline Löfvenmark, Gunnar Ljunggren, Therese Djärv   +5 more
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Decision on non-conveyance of patients suspected of COVID-19 in a novel arrangement with assessment visits by paramedics at home. [PDF]

BMC Emerg Med, 2023
Abstract Background During the first weeks of the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the North Denmark emergency medical services authorised paramedics to assess patients suspected of COVID-19 at home, and then decide if conveyance to a hospital was required.
Nielsen VML, Lindskou TA, Weinreich UM, Jespersen MS, Christensen EF, Bøggild H.   +5 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Patient experience of non-conveyance in the EMS of Southwest Finland: a descriptive survey study. [PDF]

BMC Emerg Med
Abstract Background Emergency Medical Services are dispatched more frequently than before. However, many non-urgent patients do not need ambulance transportation to a healthcare facility after evaluation and treatment on scene. This study explored the experiences of non-conveyed patients. Our research questions were: (1)
Skaffari E, Iirola T, Nordquist H.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Correlation between the accuracy of the emergency response centre’s urgency assessment and emergency medical services non-conveyance: a retrospective register-based study in Finland [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background In modern emergency medical services (EMS), ambulances increasingly focus on examining and treating the patient at the scene. This has led to increased levels of non-conveyance. In Finland, for instance, approximately 40% of EMS dispatches end
Tomi Salminen, Kaius Kaartinen, Mira Palonen, Piritta Setälä, Eija Paavilainen, Sanna Hoppu   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Patient safety in non-conveyance within prehospital emergency medical services: a register-based study. [PDF]

Intern Emerg Med
Abstract Objectives This study investigated the patient safety of prehospital Emergency Medical Service (EMS) non-conveyance decisions by examining EMS reassessments on-scene, hospital admission, and mortality within 48 h among non-conveyed patients.
Møller FA, Gude MF, Nielsen RØ, Gehrt TB.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources