ArticleBMJ open2023
Emergency medical services and palliative care: a scoping review.
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- Integrating emergency medical services and palliative care: A nominal group technique.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2025Article
- Palliative paramedicine: An interrupted time series analysis of pre-hospital guideline efficacy.Palliative medicine · 2025Article
- Emergency nurses' experiences of caring for brought-in-dead persons and their relatives-a qualitative study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- South African palliative care provider perspectives on emergency medical services in palliative situations.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2024Article
- Development of a palliative paramedicine framework to standardise best practice: A Delphi study.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
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- "Let's put it this way: you can't really live without it" - digital technologies in routine palliative care delivery: an explorative qualitative study with patients and their family caregivers in Germany.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- 'It breaks a narrative of paramedics, that we're lifesavers': A qualitative study of health professionals', bereaved family members' and carers' perceptions and experiences of palliative paramedicine.Palliative medicine · 2023Article
- Implementation and evaluation of a palliative care training unit for EMS providers.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to map existing emergency medical services (EMS) and palliative care literature by answering the question, what literature exists concerning EMS and palliative care? The sub-questions regarding this literature were, (1) what types of literature exist?, (2) what are the key findings? and (3) what knowledge gaps are present?
designA scoping review of literature was performed with an a priori search strategy. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE via Pubmed, Web of Science, CINAHL, Embase via Scopus, PsycINFO, the University of Cape Town Thesis Repository and Google Scholar were searched. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Empirical, English studies involving human populations published between 1 January 2000 and 24 November 2022 concerning EMS and palliative care were included. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS: Two independent reviewers screened titles, abstracts and full texts for inclusion. Extracted data underwent descriptive content analysis and were reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for scoping reviews guidelines.
resultsIn total, 10 725 articles were identified. Following title and abstract screening, 10 634 studies were excluded. A further 35 studies were excluded on full-text screening. The remaining 56 articles were included for review. Four predominant domains arose from included studies: (1) EMS' palliative care role, (2) challenges faced by EMS in palliative situations, (3) EMS and palliative care integration benefits and (4) proposed recommendations for EMS and palliative care integration.
conclusionEMS have a role to play in out-of-hospital palliative care, however, many challenges must be overcome. EMS provider education, collaboration between EMS and palliative systems, creation of EMS palliative care guidelines/protocols, creation of specialised out-of-hospital palliative care teams and further research have been recommended as solutions. Future research should focus on the prioritisation, implementation and effectiveness of these solutions in various contexts.
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