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Non-conveyance of patients: Challenges to decision-making in emergency care [PDF]

Clinical Nursing Studies, 2016
Background: It has been suggested that emergency care providers’ decision-making competence should be strengthened regarding whether or not to transport the patient. This qualitative study describes challenges related to non-conveyance situations from emergency care providers’ perspective.
Leikkola, Päivi, Mikkola, Riitta, Salminen-Tuomaala, Mari, Paavilainen, Eija   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The non-conveyance of trauma patients in Swedish emergency medical services: a retrospective observational study of the trauma population not transported to an emergency department [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Introduction Due to a systemic modification in Swedish emergency medical services (EMS) staffing in recent years, the nature of the Swedish EMS has changed. Transport to an emergency department (ED) is no longer the only option.
Glenn Larsson, Jana Eldh, Elisabeth Hagman, Magnus Andersson Hagiwara   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Water uptake sources of differently aged Populus euphratica in the lower Tarim river under ecological water conveyance [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The water use of desert vegetation is a critical component of ecohydrological processes in arid regions, with groundwater and soil water serving as the primary moisture sources. To better understand the effects of ecological water conveyance on the water
Xiaoqing Jiang, Shuai Hao, Mao Ye, Dingxue He, Guohua Li, Zihan Zhang, Zhongli Feng   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Treatment variability among low-acuity EMS patients in a university hospital ED: a retrospective registry study from Southwest Finland [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Emergency medical services (EMS) increasingly convey patients with non-urgent conditions to emergency departments (EDs), contributing to pressure on acute care systems.
Aleksi Kasvi, Timo Iirola, Hilla Nordquist, Mika Kortelainen   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

P015 Non-conveyance in an anesthesiologist-manned mobile emergency care unit [PDF]

Resuscitation, 2022
Licht, August Emil, Andersen, Johannes Bladt, Mikkelsen, Søren   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Characteristics of non-conveyance ambulance runs: A retrospective study in the Netherlands. [PDF]

World J Emerg Med, 2019
Ebben RHA, Castelijns M, Frenken J, Vloet LCM.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Utilisation of a GP-staffed emergency response unit: an observational study from Norway [PDF]

BJGP Open
Background: Emergency department (ED) crowding is a growing challenge, highlighting the need for safe and effective prehospital alternatives to hospital conveyance. Aim: To investigate how a GP-staffed emergency primary care response unit (EPCRU) affects
Anders Rønning, Ann-Chatrin Linqvist Leonardsen, Odd Martin Vallersnes, Magnus Hjortdahl   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Characteristics of Responses from an Australian Emergency Medical Service that Resulted in Non-Conveyance

International Journal of Paramedicine
Rates of non-conveyance (referred to as a patient refusal or non-transport in areas outside of Australia), defined as paramedic discharge of a patient in the community rather than transporting them to hospital, are increasing. These episodes of care require complex decision-making from paramedics to ensure patients’ needs are appropriately addressed in
Robbie King, Bill Lord, Belinda Flanagan, Florin Oprescu   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Non-conveyance within the Swedish ambulance service : A prehospital patient safety study

, 2022
Background There is an increasing demand for ambulance services and more patients than before are requesting ambulance assistance for low acuity conditions. Ambulance services non-convey patients because they lack acute care needs. Non-conveying patients can be a person-centred, resource- and cost-efficient measure and can allow the ambulance to become
Höglund, Erik
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A race against time – an evaluation of lifesaving treatment pathways for patients following cardiac arrest in a non-hospital setting. [PDF]

International Journal of Population Data Science
Background Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart ceases pumping blood around the body. Most take place outside hospital. A sequence of effective interventions (a “chain of survival”) is essential for patient survival and recovery of organ function.
Rowena Bailey, Laura Herbert, Richard Pugh, Ronan Lyons, Tamas Tszakmany   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources