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Does Assessment of Ambulance Medical Service Leads to Reduced Number of Transports to the Emergency Room?

Sweden100 participantsStarted 2016-11-07

Plain-language 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.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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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

What they're measuring

Number of visits to the Emergency Room

Timeframe: Up to 24 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03466905

SponsorDalarna County Council, Sweden

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-12-31

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