ArticleGeriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation2018
Ten years of EMS Fall Calls in a Community: An Opportunity for Injury Prevention Strategies.
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- Effectiveness of the community paramedicine at home (CP@home) program for frequent users of emergency medical services in Ontario: a randomized controlled trial.BMC health services research · 2024Trial
- Refusal of Emergency Medical Transport After a Fall: Patient Characteristics and Outcomes of Repeat Callers.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2025Observational
- Economic modelling of fall prevention interventions delivered by community emergency medical services: a decision-tree analysis.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2025Article
- Timing of emergency medical services activations for falls.Archives of gerontology and geriatrics plus · 2024Article
- The role of community paramedicine in fall prevention: A SWOT analysis.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2024Article
- Effect of a Home Health and Safety Intervention on Emergency Department Use in the Frail Elderly: A Prospective Observational Study.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2023Observational
- The Biomechanics of Healthy Older Adults Rising from the Floor Independently.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Automated referral to community paramedicine during 9-1-1 fall calls for resource activation.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Article
- Impact of a personalised care plan for the elderly calling emergency medical services after a fall at home: The RISING-DOM multi-centre randomised controlled trial protocol.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- The impact of health-related supports in senior housing on ambulance transfers and visits to emergency departments: The Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Project.Health services research · 2021Article
- When falls become fatal-Clinical care sequence.PloS one · 2021Article
- Assessment of Fall-Related Emergency Medical Service Calls and Transports after a Community-Level Fall-Prevention Initiative.Prehospital emergency careArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether fall calls, lift assists, and need for transport to the hospital over the past 10 years in one emergency medical services (EMS) system have altered coincident with demographic changes and to estimate health-care cost for lift assists.
methodsWe conducted a retrospective chart review of EMS fall-related care. The HealthEMS database for a suburban community surveyed was queried from March 1, 2007, to March 1, 2017. Fall-related calls in patients 60 years or older were identified and determined to be either lift assists (calls that do not result in transport) or fall calls that resulted in transport to the hospital.
resultsOf the 38 237 EMS care responses in patients 60 years or older, 11.5% were related to falls. Fall calls increased by 268% over the past 10 years ( DISCUSSION: There has been a dramatic shift in fall-related calls to EMS in older individuals with more frequent calls for lesser acuity needs. Utilization of EMS for lift assists has substantial financial consequences and diverts care from calls that need immediate triage and transport to care.
conclusionFuture work to reduce the frequency and increase the impact of EMS lift assists could have a significant cost benefit and provide opportunity for enrollment in appropriate community services and fall prevention programs.
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