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Paramed Home: A Protocol For A Randomised Controlled Trial Of Paramedic Assessment And Referral To Access Medical Care At Home, Glenn Arendts, Moira Sim, Steven Johnston, Richard Brightwell
Paramed Home: A Protocol For A Randomised Controlled Trial Of Paramedic Assessment And Referral To Access Medical Care At Home, Glenn Arendts, Moira Sim, Steven Johnston, Richard Brightwell
Research outputs 2011
Background: In Australia approximately 25% of Emergency Department (ED) attendances are via ambulance. ED overcrowding in Australia, as in many countries, is common. Measures to reduce overcrowding include the provision of enhanced timely primary care in the community for appropriate low risk injury and illness. Therefore paramedic assessment and referral to a community home hospital service, in preference to transfer to ED, may confer clinical and cost benefit.
Methods/Design: A randomised controlled trial. Consenting adult patients that call an ambulance and are assessed by paramedics as having an eligible low risk problem will be randomised to referral to …