dc.contributor.author | Carrigan, Steven | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-26T17:43:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-26T17:43:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-04-26T17:43:05Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/71499 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Emergency Medical Service (EMS) systems provide patients with emergency care and transportation to a healthcare facility. Non-transport occurs, when a patient is not transported and represents an often undefined yet potentially significant risk for poor clinical outcomes.
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of non-transport and potentially adverse non-transport and identify associated characteristics.
Methods: A secondary analysis of pooled cross-sectional, population-based administrative data from the Nova Scotia EMS system in 2014 was conducted, using logistic regression.
Results: Of 74,293 emergency responses, 18.9% (n=14,072) were non-transport and of those 5.6% (n=798) were potentially adverse. The characteristics statistically significantly and independently associated with both were: age, paramedic clinical impressions, number of co-morbidities, and incident location type.
Conclusions: The results of this study provide timely information to policy makers and practitioners on the scope of non-transport, areas of concern and directions for future study. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | EMS | en_US |
dc.subject | Emergency Medical Service | |
dc.title | The Prevalence and Characteristics of Non-transported Patients in Nova Scotia | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2016-04-14 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Community Health & Epidemiology | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Science | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinator | Kathleen MacPherson | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Judah Goldstein | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Alix Carter | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Yukiko Asada | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Andrew Travers | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Received | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |