• British medical bulletin · Jan 1999

    Review

    Prehospital care--a UK perspective.

    • C J Carney.
    • Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic Service NHS Trust, Bedford, UK.
    • Br. Med. Bull. 1999 Jan 1; 55 (4): 757-66.

    AbstractIn the UK, emergency ambulances are responding to astonishing increases in levels of emergency calls, in the order of a 40% increase nationally in the last 5 years. Pressures in primary care service out-of-hours provision, and increasing community-based care of elderly patients, as well as increased expectation by the public are contributory causes. Services are also being pressed to improve response times, particularly to life-threatening cases. These various aspects are discussed below.

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