Patient and family aftercare enhance interactions between Helicopter Emergency Medicine Services and former patients and families.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in the United Kingdom (UK) deliver enhanced care to high-acuity, critically ill and injured patients. To enable patients to meet the HEMS team who treated them, many services within the UK have developed or are in the process of developing a Patient and Family Aftercare Service (PFAS). This study aims to evaluate whether the introduction of PFAS mitigates anxiety associated with patient aftercare visits.

Methods

A service evaluation of anxiety in HEMS team members before and after patient aftercare visits were conducted. The study was carried out between 1 September 2023, and 31 October 2023, and patient visits were undertaken between March 2022 and July 2023. An electronic survey was distributed to the respondents who

SUBMITTER: Plumbley S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11481800 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature