Alternatives to direct emergency department conveyance of ambulance patients: a scoping review of the evidence

JM Blodgett, DJ Robertson, E Pennington… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background The role of ambulance services is shifting, due in part to more intermediate, non-
urgent patients who do not require direct emergency department conveyance, yet who …

[HTML][HTML] Designing and governing responsive local care systems–insights from a Scoping review of Paramedics in integrated models of care

A Allana, W Tavares, AD Pinto… - International journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: A study was conducted following Arksey and O'Malley's method for scoping
reviews, using Valentijn's Rainbow Model of Integrated Care as an organizing framework …

Telemedical support for prehospital emergency medical service in severe emergencies: an open-label randomised non-inferiority clinical trial

A Kowark, M Felzen, S Ziemann, S Wied, M Czaplik… - Critical Care, 2023 - Springer
Background A tele-emergency medical service with a remote emergency physician for
severe prehospital emergencies may overcome the increasing number of emergency calls …

[HTML][HTML] Paramedics have untapped potential to address social determinants of health in Canada

A Allana, AD Pinto - Healthcare Policy, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The role of paramedics, including select paramedics providing primary and preventive care
in homes and community settings, is evolving in health systems around the world. These …

Making blood immediately available in emergencies

JB Holcomb, FK Butler, MA Schreiber… - …, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Making blood immediately available in emergencies Making blood immediately available in
emergencies Transfusion. 2024 Aug;64(8):1543-1550. doi: 10.1111/trf.17929. Epub 2024 Jul …

Trends in fall‐related encounters and predictors of non‐transport at a US Emergency Medical Services Agency

JN Jeruzal, LL Boland, D Jin, CL Traczyk… - Health & Social Care …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐transport to a hospital after emergency medical services (EMS) encounters for falls is
common. However, incident factors associated with non‐transport have not been well …

Mobile integrated health care in Los Angeles: upstream solutions to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic

S Sanko, M Eckstein - NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery, 2021 - catalyst.nejm.org
Innovative collaborations between a 911 emergency medical service (EMS) and local health
care leaders helped foster a prehospital Mobile Integrated Health Care strategy that …

Video or telephone? A natural experiment on the added value of video communication in community paramedic responses

KA Abrashkin, JD Washko, T Li, J Berkowitz… - Annals of Emergency …, 2021 - Elsevier
Study objective The objective of this study was to determine the effect of video versus
telephonic communication between community paramedics and online medical control …

Cross‐sectional analysis of emergency department and acute care utilization among Medicare beneficiaries

AK Venkatesh, H Mei, L Shuling… - Academic …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background We sought to develop a claims‐based definition of unscheduled care to
describe the use and role of the emergency department (ED) in providing unscheduled care …

EMS curriculum should educate beyond a technical scope of practice: position statement and resource document

WJ Leggio, T Grawey, J Stilley, M Dorsett… - Prehospital …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: EMS Curriculum Should Educate Beyond a Technical Scope of Practice: Position
Statement and Resource Document Skip to Main Content Taylor and Francis Online homepage …