Ten years of EMS Fall Calls in a Community: An Opportunity for Injury Prevention Strategies

Objective: To determine whether fall calls, lift assists, and need for transport to the hospital over the past 10 years in one emergency medical services (EMS) system have altered coincident with demographic changes and to estimate health-care cost for lift assists. Methods: We conducted a retrospec...

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Main Authors: Carmen E. Quatman MD, PhD, Michael Mondor BS, NRP, Jodi Halweg BS, NRP, Julie A. Switzer MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-06-01
Series:Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2151459318783453