ArticleBMJ open quality2023
Quality improvement tools to manage emergency callbacks from patients with diabetes in a prehospital setting.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Predictive modelling in times of public health emergencies: patients' non-transport decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Time-based tracking of temperature and humidity of emergency medical service rapid response vehicles in Qatar: a prospective observational study.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Observational
- Incidence, characteristics, and prehospital outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Qatar: a nationwide gender-based investigation.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the implementation of the objective structured clinical examination in health sciences education from a low-income context in Tunisia: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Exploring factors influencing time from dispatch to unit availability according to the transport decision in the pre-hospital setting: an exploratory study.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Predictive modelling of transport decisions and resources optimisation in pre-hospital setting using machine learning techniques.PloS one · 2024Article
- Understanding patient non-transport decision theories in the pre-hospital setting: a narrative review.International journal of emergency medicine · 2023Review
- Epidemiological Determinants of Patient Non-Conveyance to the Hospital in an Emergency Medical Service Environment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Diabetes is rising at an alarming rate, as 1 in 10 adults worldwide now lives with the disease. In Qatar, a middle eastern Arab country, diabetes prevalence is equally concerning and is predicted to increase from 17% to 24% among individuals aged 45 and 54 years by 2050. While most healthcare strategies focus on preventative and improvement of in-hospital care of patients with diabetes, a notable paucity exists concerning diabetes in the prehospital setting should ideally be provided. This quality improvement study was conducted in a middle eastern ambulance service and aimed to reduce ambulance callbacks of patients with diabetes-related emergencies after refusing transport to the hospital at the first time. We used iterative four-stage problem-solving models. It focused on the education and training of both paramedics and patients. The study showed that while it was possible to reduce the rate of ambulance callbacks of patients with diabetes, this was short-lived and numbers increased again. The study demonstrated that improvements could be effective. Hence, changes that impacted policy, systems of care and ambulance protocols directed at managing and caring for patients with diabetes-related prehospital emergencies may be required to reify them.
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