Family & bystander experiences of emergency ambulance services care: a scoping review.

Background: Emergency ambulance personnel respond to a variety of incidents in the community, including medical, trauma and obstetric emergencies. Family and bystanders present on scene may provide first aid, reassurance, background information or even act as proxy decision-makers. For most people, involvement in any event requiring an emergency ambulance response is a stressful and salient experience.

Changes in demand for emergency ambulances during a nationwide lockdown that resulted in elimination of COVID-19: an observational study from New Zealand.

Objective: To examine the impact of a 5-week national lockdown on ambulance service demand during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.

Design: A descriptive cross-sectional, observational study.

Setting: High-quality data from ambulance electronic clinical records, New Zealand.