Effectiveness of paramedic practitioners in attending 999 calls from elderly people in the community: cluster randomised controlled trial
Mason, Suzanne Knowles, Emma Colwell, Brigitte Dixon, Simon Wardrope, Jim Gorringe, Robert Snooks, Helen Perrin, Julie Nicholl, Jon
Mason, Suzanne
Knowles, Emma
Colwell, Brigitte
Dixon, Simon
Wardrope, Jim
Gorringe, Robert
Snooks, Helen
Perrin, Julie
Nicholl, Jon
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Objective To evaluate the benefits of paramedic practitioners assessing and, when possible, treating older people in the community after minor injury or illness. Paramedic practitioners have been trained with extended skills to assess, treat, and discharge older
patients with minor acute conditions in the community. https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/335/7626/919.full.pdf
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