Prehospital emergency nurses' experiences of caring for patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction: an interview study.

Objective: Despite the prevalence of emergency medical service assignments related to chest discomfort, limited research delves into nurses' experiences of caring for such patients. This study aimed to illuminate prehospital emergency nurses' (PENs') experiences of caring for patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Design: A qualitative interview study.

Ambulance quality and outcome measures for general non-conveyed populations (AQUA): A scoping review.

Background: An increasing number of patients receive ambulance care without being conveyed to a definitive care provider. This process has been described as complex, challenging, and lacking in guideline support by EMS clinicians. The use of quality- and outcome measures among non-conveyed patients is an understudied phenomenon.

A phenomenological interview study with patients being non-conveyed in the ambulance service.

Background: Non-conveyed patients (i.e. patients who are not transported to a hospital after being assessed by ambulance clinicians) represent a significantly increasing proportion of all patients seeking ambulance care.

Non-conveyance of older adult patients and association with subsequent clinical and adverse events after initial assessment by ambulance clinicians: a cohort analysis.

Background: Older adults (age ≥ 65 years) represent a significant proportion of all patients who are not transported to hospital after assessment by ambulance clinicians (non-conveyed patients). This study aimed to fill the knowledge gap in the understanding of the prevalence of older adult non-conveyed patients and investigate their characteristics and risk factors for subsequent and adverse events with those of younger non-conveyed patients comparatively.

Methods: This population-based retrospective cohort study included all adult non-conveyed patients who availed the ambulance service of Region Stockholm, Sweden in 2015; they were age-stratified into two groups: 18-64 and ≥ 65 years.

Non-conveyance in the ambulance service: a population-based cohort study in Stockholm, Sweden.

Objectives: Non-conveyed patients represent a significant proportion of all patients cared for by ambulance services in the western world. However, scientific knowledge on non-conveyance is sparse. Therefore, the aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of non-conveyance, investigate associations and compare patients' characteristics, drug administration, initial problems and vital signs between non-conveyed and conveyed patients.

Assessing non-conveyed patients in the ambulance service: a phenomenological interview study with Swedish ambulance clinicians.

Objectives: To combat overcrowding in emergency departments, ambulance clinicians (ACs) are being encouraged to make on-site assessments regarding patients' need for conveyance to hospital, and this is creating new and challenging demands for ACs. This study aimed to describe ACs' experiences of assessing non-conveyed patients.

Design: A phenomenological interview study based on a reflective lifeworld research approach.