[Care of older patients by community emergency paramedics : Comparison of community-dwellers and nursing home residents].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency departments and emergency services are increasingly burdened by non-emergency patients. A substantial proportion of these is represented by older people. The project "community emergency paramedic" ("Gemeindenotfallsanitäter" [G-NFS]) was initiated to prevent unnecessary use of emergency services.

Objective

To identify specific utilizations of the G‑NFS services by older people at home and in nursing homes.

Material and methods

Retrospective analysis of the assignment protocols from July 2019 through June 2020. Only data from patients aged ≥ 65 years were included. Data were grouped into whether patients lived on their own or in nursing homes.

Results

A total of 2358 protocols of older patients (mean age 80.8 years; 52.9% female) were evalu

SUBMITTER: Seeger I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9553795 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature