Summary
ERA – Electronic Records in Ambulances to support the shift to out of hospital care: challenges, opportunities and workforce implications.
Increasingly, ambulance services have a role to play in keeping people out of hospital. Instead of transporting people to the emergency department, they might provide them with care in their own home, or refer them to a community-based provider such as a falls service. For this to happen safely and effectively, paramedics need to be able to make the right decision for patients, for which they need the right information; they need to be able easily and accurately to pass on the patient’s details; and they need to make a record of their contact with their patient.
Contact Details
Trial Manager / Lead Contact: Dr Alison Porter
Phone: 01792 60205
Email: a.m.porter@swansea.ac.uk
Website: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/medicine/research/portera