Background This systematic review aimed to describe non-conveyance in ambulance care
from patient-safety and ambulance professional perspectives. The review specifically …

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 …

Background. Increased ambulance utilisation is closely linked with Emergency Department
(ED) attendances. Pressures on hospital systems are widely acknowledged with ED …

Objective Emergency ambulance use for problems that could be managed in primary care
continues to rise owing to complex reasons that are poorly understood. The objective of this …

Background To describe the diagnoses of people who present to the emergency department
(ED) with low back pain (LBP), the proportion of people with a lumbar spine condition who …

Objective The purpose of this report was to describe the characteristics of patients
transported by ambulance, in spite of being evaluated by the ambulance staff at the scene …

The hospitalisation and management of patients at the end‐of‐life by emergency medical
services is presenting a challenge to our society as the majority of people approaching …

In the UK, patients in urban areas consult primary health care more than rural patients for
both trivial and serious conditions. This study, involving focus groups and interviews …

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

Ambulance services and paramedics perform critical roles in contemporary healthcare
economies. Trained to work in the field and respond rapidly to emergencies, societies have …