Rethinking non-urgent EMS conveyance to ED during night-time - a pilot study in Southwest Finland
Abstract Background The amount of emergency medical service missions has increased internationally in recent years, and emergency departments are overcrowded globally. Previous evidence has shown that patients arriving at the emergency department during nighttime (20 − 08) have to wait longer, are m...
Main Authors: | Aleksi Kasvi, Timo Iirola, Hilla Nordquist |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-08-01
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Series: | BMC Emergency Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00872-0 |
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