28 The difference between physician assistants and ambulance nurses as solo emergency care providers in EMS, a cross sectional study
Conclusion
PAs seemed to operate from a more general medical perspective. They referred significantly less patients to the ED.
References
Bloemhoff, et al. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine2016;24:86.
Affiliation of presenting author is Eastern Regional Emergency Healthcare Network, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Conflict of interest
None declared.
Funding
Ministery of Health Welfare and Sports, the Netherlands
Source: BMJ Open - Category: General Medicine Authors: Berben, S., Bloemhoff, A., Schoonhoven, L., Kreek, A. d., Grunsven, P. v., Laurant, M. Source Type: research
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