The final assessment and its association with field assessment in patients who were transported by the emergency medical service.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In patients who call for the emergency medical service (EMS), there is a knowledge gap with regard to the final assessment after arriving at hospital and its association with field assessment.

Aim

In a representative population of patients who call for the EMS, to describe a) the final assessment at hospital discharge and b) the association between the assessment in the field and the assessment at hospital discharge.

Methods

Thirty randomly selected patients reached by a dispatched ambulance each month between 1 Jan and 31 Dec 2016 in one urban, one rural and one mixed ambulance organisation in Sweden took part in the study. The exclusion criteria were age < 18 years, dead on arrival, transport between health-care facilities and secondary missions. Each pat

SUBMITTER: Magnusson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6307253 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature