Care of the patient with invasive meningococcal disease by prehospital emergency medical service clinicians: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this scoping review is to systematically map the literature to identify the scope, depth, key concepts and gaps in the evidence regarding care of the patient with invasive meningococcal disease by emergency medical service (EMS) clinicians.

Design

Scoping review. This review is reported in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews reporting guideline.

Eligibility criteria

Sources which focused on patients with invasive meningococcal disease (population), where the care of EMS clinicians was the focus (concept), in EMS systems worldwide (context) were eligible for inclusion.

Search strategy

This review utilised a comprehensive search strategy including MEDLINE,

SUBMITTER: Pearce J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050377 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature