Personal alarm use to call the ambulance after a fall in older people: Characteristics of clients and falls

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-

  Johnston, Kylie ^a   Worley, Anthea ^a   Grimmer Somers, Karen ^a   Sutherland, Michele ^b   Amos, Lorraine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Australia)

^c South Australia Ambulance Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulance service; Falls; Older people; Personal alarm

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RESCUE PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 78650991486     PISSN: 14474999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33151/ajp.8.4.86     Document Type: Article

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