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Future perspectives in prehospital emergency medicine. [PDF]

open access: yesScand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
Andresen ÅEL   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES IN COMMISSIONING FOR AMBULANCE NON-CONVEYANCE: THE COMMISSIONER PERSPECTIVE

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2016
BackgroundAmbulance services are experiencing increasing demand for response to emergency calls. In response, they have increased the proportion of patients not conveyed to an emergency department (ED). Alternatives to transporting patients to an ED include the provision of telephone advice rather than dispatching a vehicle (‘hear and treat ...
Lindsey Bishop-Edwards   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

PP25 Decision-making in ambulance service non-conveyance – the DMASC survey

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2019
BackgroundA variety of factors influence the decision making of pre-hospital clinicians when considering conveying patients to the Emergency Department. This study aimed to explore the utility of a novel psychometric tool that identifies elements involved in the decision to leave a patient at scene following a 999 call.MethodsThe Decision-making in ...
Sarah Black, Ian Frampton
openaire   +1 more source

Ambulance clinicians' non-conveyance decisions: a review of influencing factors

Journal of Paramedic Practice
Emergency department overcrowding in the UK is exacerbated by unnecessary ambulance conveyances, driven by rising demand from an ageing population, increasing mental health issues, limited primary care access and primary care workforce shortages.
Nicola Danielle Godley   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

OP07 Might ambulance service organisational culture affect ambulance non conveyance rates?

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2017
BackgroundAmbulance services are experiencing increasing demand for response to emergency calls. In response, they have increased the proportion of patients not conveyed to an emergency department (ED). Alternatives to transporting patients to an ED include the provision of telephone advice only (‘hear and treat’), treatment at the scene (‘see and ...
Emma Knowles   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

VARIATION IN INTERPRETATION OF GUIDANCE AS AN EXPLANATION OF BETWEEN-SERVICE VARIATION IN AMBULANCE QUALITY INDICATORS ON NON-CONVEYANCE

Emergency Medicine Journal, 2016
BackgroundAmbulance Quality Indicators (AQI) are used by NHS England to monitor ambulance services and by Clinical Commissioning Groups to commission services. The aim of this research is to quantify how much between-service variation in the AQI can be explained by the difference in interpretation of the AQI guidance between ambulance services ...
Tony Stone   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Patient safety of non-conveyance in ambulance services: a scoping review protocol.

A scoping review about patient safety when patients are not transported to the Emergency Department by ambulance crews.
Yardley, Sarah   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

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