The offload study: A prospective observational study of the time to offload a patient from an ambulance or helicopter into an emergency department or percutaneous coronary intervention centre
Leech, Caroline
Leech, Caroline
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Squires J, Irwin R, Leech C.
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2024
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Providing an accurate estimated time for patient handover in the emergency department (ED) can be difficult from the scene. The time taken to offload a patient from a conveying ambulance and transfer into the resuscitation room is often not considered within the estimated time of arrival (ETA). The aim of this study was to assess offload times for pre-alerted patients conveyed by a UK Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) by air and road ambulance.
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EnglandEmergency Medicine Journal 2024;41:543-550.
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