Journal article
What do community paramedics assess? An environmental scan and content analysis of patient assessment in community paramedicine
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Patient assessment is a fundamental feature of community paramedicine, but the absence of a recognized standard for assessment practices contributes to uncertainty about what drives care planning and treatment decisions. Our objective was to summarize the content of assessment instruments and describe the state of current practice in community paramedicine home visit programs.
METHODS: We performed an environmental scan of all …
Authors
Leyenaar MS; McLeod B; Penhearow S; Strum R; Brydges M; Mercier E; Brousseau A-A; Besserer F; Agarwal G; Tavares W
Journal
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 766–775
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
November 2019
DOI
10.1017/cem.2019.379
ISSN
1481-8035