Paige Marie Watkins, Stacey Masters, Anne-Marie Hill, Hideo Tohira, Deon Brink, Judith Finn, Peter Buzzacott
BACKGROUND: The ageing population is requiring more ambulance attendances for falls. This scoping review aimed to map and synthesise the evidence for the prehospital management of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) attended adult patients who fall. METHODS: The Joanna Briggs Institute methods for scoping reviews were used. Six databases were searched (Medline, Scopus, CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE, ProQuest), 1st August 2021. Included sources reported: ambulance attended (context), adults who fell (population), injuries, interventions or disposition data (concept)...
July 28, 2022: Australasian emergency care