Predictors of nontransport of older fallers who receive ambulance care

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 342-349

  Simpson, Paul M ^a,b,e   Bendall, Jason C ^c   Toson, Barbara ^d   Tiedemann, Anne ^f,g   Lord, Stephen R ^d,e   Close, Jacqueline C T ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Greater Sydney Area Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Ambulance Service New South Wales Rescue Helicopter Base Bankstown Airport   (Australia)

^c GOSFORD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Ambulance; Emergencies

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULANCES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902961698     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2013.864355     Document Type: Article

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