Open AccessRe-contact rates with a UK ambulance service following paramedic referral to a falls prevention service for those aged ≥ 65 years: a retrospective cohort study
Author(s) -
Jamie Scott
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
british paramedic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1478-4726
DOI - 10.29045/14784726.2020.09.5.2.18
Subject(s) - referral , medicine , ambulance service , psychological intervention , retrospective cohort study , cohort , cohort study , service (business) , workload , medical emergency , emergency medicine , family medicine , nursing , surgery , economy , pathology , economics , computer science , operating system
Falls in older populations constitute a large proportion of the workload for UK ambulance services, and cost the NHS over £2.3 billion per year. A large proportion of older fallers are not conveyed to an emergency department (ED), representing a vulnerable group of patients. New pathways have been developed for paramedics to refer this group directly to falls prevention services.