Emergency Medical Service Attendances for Adults with Repeat Falls in Western Australia: A State-Wide Retrospective Cohort Study

CONCLUSION: Nearly 30% of all patients attended by EMS for a fall, sustained repeat falls, which collectively accounted for nearly 60% of all EMS-attendances to fall-related incidents. Further exploration of the role EMS clinicians play in identifying and referring patients who sustain repeat falls into alternative pathways is needed.PMID:38588441 | DOI:10.1080/10903127.2024.2338915

Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - April 8, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Paige M Watkins Peter Buzzacott Hideo Tohira David Majewski Anne-Marie Hill Deon Brink Rudi Brits Judith Finn Source Type: research