Background The role of ambulance services is shifting, due in part to more intermediate, non-
urgent patients who do not require direct emergency department conveyance, yet who …

Background Some patients calling ambulance services (known as Emergency Medical
Services internationally) are not transported to hospital. In England, national ambulance …

Background Several international studies suggest that the feedback that emergency
ambulance service (EMS) personnel receive on the care they have delivered lacks structure …

Background: The increasing prevalence of comorbidities worldwide has spurred the need
for time-effective pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS). Some pre-hospital …

Background There has been an increasing demand for emergency medical services (EMS),
and a growing number of patients are not conveyed; ie, they are referred to levels of care …

Objectives Non-conveyed patients represent a significant proportion of all patients cared for
by ambulance services in the western world. However, scientific knowledge on non …

Objectives To combat overcrowding in emergency departments, ambulance clinicians (ACs)
are being encouraged to make on-site assessments regarding patients' need for …

Combining qualitative and quantitative methods in the same study is an important approach
to consider as part of an array of study designs available to researchers. There is a …

Introduction Adults presenting to the ambulance service for diagnosed epilepsy are often
transported to emergency departments (EDs) despite no clinical need. An alternative care …

Background Older adults (age≥ 65 years) represent a significant proportion of all patients
who are not transported to hospital after assessment by ambulance clinicians (non …