Background. Paramedics are an important health human resource and are uniquely mobile
in most communities across Canada. In the last dozen years, challenges in the delivery of …

Many Western countries are seeking an organizational model for after-hours primary care
that is safe, efficient, and satisfactory for patients and health care professionals. Around the …

Objective: To measure the growth in emergency ambulance use across metropolitan
Melbourne since 1995, to measure the impact of population growth and ageing on these …

Objective To evaluate the benefits of paramedic practitioners assessing and, when possible,
treating older people in the community after minor injury or illness. Paramedic practitioners …

Introduction: Lack of collaboration between general practice (GP) cooperatives and accident
and emergency (A&E) departments and many self referrals may lead to inefficient out-of …

Introduction. Reducing unnecessary ambulance transports may have operational and
economic benefits for emergency medical services (EMS) agencies and receiving …

Background Unnecessary ambulance use has become a socioeconomic problem in Japan.
We investigated the possible relations between socioeconomic factors and medically …

Objective: To assess the safety of nurses and paramedics offering telephone assessment,
triage, and advice as an alternative to immediate ambulance despatch for emergency …

Objective Demand for ambulances is growing. Nevertheless, knowledge is limited regarding
diagnoses and outcomes in patients receiving emergency ambulances. This study aims to …

Reducing the waits in emergency departments is important for patients and is a government
priority. In order to reduce waits the whole system must be considered. The flow of patients …