Alternatives to the transfer of long-term care patients to emergency departments: a new kind of house call?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine; Alberta Health Services, Holy Cross Ambulatory Care Centre, Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada. krcrowde@ucalgary.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine; Alberta Health Services, Holy Cross Ambulatory Care Centre, Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Editorial

Kathryn Crowder et al. CJEM. 2023 Nov.

. 2023 Nov;25(11):853-854.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00608-w.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine; Alberta Health Services, Holy Cross Ambulatory Care Centre, Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada. krcrowde@ucalgary.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine; Alberta Health Services, Holy Cross Ambulatory Care Centre, Rockyview General Hospital, Calgary, AB, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Community integrated care; Emergency department avoidance; Long-term care residents.

Comment on

The hospital care and outcomes of long-term care patients treated by paramedics during an emergency call: exploring the potential impact of 'treat-and-refer' pathways and community paramedicine.
Leduc S, Wells G, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Cantor Z, Kelly P, Rietschlin M, Vaillancourt C. Leduc S, et al. CJEM. 2023 Nov;25(11):873-883. doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00590-3. Epub 2023 Sep 15. CJEM. 2023. PMID: 37715067

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