Outcomes in patients not conveyed by emergency medical services (EMS): a one-year prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The decision to not convey patients has become common in emergency medical services worldwide. A substantial proportion (12-51%) of the patients seen by emergency medical services are not conveyed by those services. The practice of non-conveyance is a result of the increasing and changing demands on the acute care system. Research focusing on the outcomes of the decision by emergency medical services to not convey patients is needed.

Aim

The aim was to describe outcomes (emergency department visits, admission to in-hospital intensive care units and mortality, all within seven days) and their association with the variables (sex, age, day of week, time of day, emergency signs and symptoms codes, triage level colour, and destination) for non-conveyed patients.

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SUBMITTER: Hoglund E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9195370 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature