Assessment, Emergency Medical Service, Registered Nurse
Conditions
Brief summary
There is a need to reduce the number of ambulance transports to the Emergency Room to the patients who are not in need of urgent medical care. There are currently no studies and the aim of the study is to investigate if the ambulance transports to the Emergency Room can be reduced by a dialogue between a Registered Nurse in ambulance and a Medical Doctor in the Primary Care (called Ambulant assessment). In this connection there is also a need to follow up patients that not have been transported to the Emergency Room, secondary ambulance transport, relapse within 48 hours, type of examination and treatment and mortality.
Interventions
OTHERAmbulant assessment
Sponsors
County Council of Halland, Sweden
Dalarna County Council, Sweden
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients \>18 years * ambulance missions in the Community of Borlänge/Falun (case) and Community of Leksand (control) * weekday and weekend, 08:00 to 22:00 * initially evaluated not to need urgent Medical care according RETTS
Exclusion criteria
* initially evaluated need urgent Medical care according RETTS * the patient unable to give consent to the study * patient with existing care plan * ambulance mission without patient
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of visits to the Emergency Room | Up to 24 months |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed