Competency frameworks serve various roles including outlining characteristics of a
competent workforce, facilitating mobility, and analysing or assessing expertise. Given these …

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections that patients acquire while receiving
medical treatment in a healthcare facility. During ambulatory transport, the patient may be …

Objective: It is well established that seriously injured older adults are under-triaged to tertiary
trauma centers. However, the survival benefit of tertiary trauma centers (TC) compared to a …

Objectives Patients≥ 65 years old represent 30%–50% of all ambulance assignments
(AAs), and the knowledge of which care level they are disposed to is limited and diverging …

Background Since the vast majority of older adults in Sweden live in their private homes
throughout life, the emergency medical services need to adapt accordingly. Hence, we …

Abstract Background The National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) scores can help identify
clinical deterioration. Objective To assess the predictive capacity of the NEWS2 at …

Background Emergency medical services (EMS) routinely face complex scenarios where
decisions should be taken with limited clinical information. The development of fast, reliable …

Abstract Background: The EMS Practice Analysis provides a vision of current prehospital
care by defining the work performed by EMS professionals. In this manuscript, we present …

Background Prehospital obstetric events encountered by emergency medical services
(EMS) can be high-risk patient presentations for which suboptimal care can cause …

Purpose This study aimed to describe extended collaboration in situations when an
ambulance was called, as experienced by older patients, a significant other, and ambulance …