Innovative hypoglycaemia care pathway for admission avoidance: A partnership approach with a local ambulance trust

Practical Diabetes

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 151-153

  James, June ^a   Fairfield, Jane ^a   De Groot, Louise ^b   Jackson, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST MIDLANDS AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulance call outs; Diabetes admission avoidance; Diabetes specialist nurse; Hypoglycaemia

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; NURSE; PATIENT INFORMATION;

EID: 84881330420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1765     Document Type: Article

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