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

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 …

Objectives Paramedics routinely make critical decisions about the most appropriate care to
deliver in a complex system characterized by significant variation in patient case-mix, care …

This paper explores the professionalization project of paramedics, based on an
ethnographic study of UK N ational H ealth S ervice (NHS) ambulance personnel. Drawing …

Clinical reasoning is the process of gathering and understanding information conducted by
clinicians in the emergency medical services (EMS) so as to make informed decisions …

Background The decision over whether to convey after emergency ambulance attendance
plays a vital role in preventing avoidable admissions to a hospital's emergency department …

Background Pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) are an integral part of
emergency medical care. EMS planning can be achieved by analyzing patterns of use …

Objectives To combat overcrowding in emergency departments, ambulance clinicians (ACs)
are being encouraged to make on-site assessments regarding patients' need for …

Aims and objectives To explore ambulance nurses'(AN s) experiences of non‐conveying
patients to alternate levels of care. Background Increases in ambulance utilisation and in the …

Background Qualitative research methods are increasingly used within clinical trials to
address broader research questions than can be addressed by quantitative methods alone …