On-scene alternatives for emergency ambulance crews attending patients who do not need to travel to the accident and emergency department: a review of the literature

H A Snooks; J Dale; C Hartley-Sharpe; M Halter

doi:10.1136/emj.2003.005199

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On-scene alternatives for emergency ambulance crews attending patients who do not need to travel to the accident and emergency department: a review of the literature

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Feb 2004	12	13	5
Mar 2004	73	114	39
Apr 2004	29	32	11
May 2004	16	23	9
Jun 2004	25	35	5
Jul 2004	20	48	8
Aug 2004	35	106	13
Sep 2004	35	102	4
Oct 2004	64	72	11
Nov 2004	21	34	6
Dec 2004	20	43	9
Jan 2005	25	31	6
Feb 2005	23	63	17
Mar 2005	19	37	30
Apr 2005	19	36	15
May 2005	18	64	25
Jun 2005	21	32	21
Jul 2005	20	31	21
Aug 2005	21	24	19
Sep 2005	15	51	37
Oct 2005	24	54	28
Nov 2005	45	60	36
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Jan 2006	18	59	17
Feb 2006	12	38	57
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Apr 2006	21	39	20
May 2006	13	39	12
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Oct 2006	25	63	36
Nov 2006	19	57	39
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Jan 2007	30	71	47
Feb 2007	19	68	30
Mar 2007	27	54	19
Apr 2007	51	35	34
May 2007	44	34	19
Jun 2007	32	25	16
Jul 2007	26	22	22
Aug 2007	33	47	29
Sep 2007	30	26	19
Oct 2007	54	25	35
Nov 2007	18	21	23
Dec 2007	14	13	11
Jan 2008	23	23	24
Feb 2008	28	30	21
Mar 2008	33	21	12
Apr 2008	47	33	27
May 2008	25	27	17
Jun 2008	27	8	11
Jul 2008	34	7	7
Aug 2008	33	11	13
Sep 2008	33	4	11
Oct 2008	47	18	18
Nov 2008	47	24	22
Dec 2008	18	9	9
Jan 2009	43	19	15
Feb 2009	40	17	22
Mar 2009	51	16	24
Apr 2009	44	12	17
May 2009	23	10	16
Jun 2009	31	20	23
Jul 2009	25	10	16
Aug 2009	27	11	6
Sep 2009	25	9	9
Oct 2009	37	20	17
Nov 2009	34	15	13
Dec 2009	55	7	12
Jan 2010	44	17	19
Feb 2010	30	9	7
Mar 2010	45	15	13
Apr 2010	46	21	18
May 2010	32	12	7
Jun 2010	40	15	13
Jul 2010	15	14	10
Aug 2010	32	15	10
Sep 2010	31	19	14
Oct 2010	56	16	13
Nov 2010	28	23	15
Dec 2010	18	19	15
Jan 2011	39	21	15
Feb 2011	31	21	14
Mar 2011	32	15	15
Apr 2011	26	11	18
May 2011	35	10	9
Jun 2011	29	11	13
Jul 2011	30	12	5
Aug 2011	34	3	9
Sep 2011	48	12	20
Oct 2011	74	13	31
Nov 2011	40	27	14
Dec 2011	29	26	14
Jan 2012	58	41	33
Feb 2012	50	33	22
Mar 2012	47	39	22
Apr 2012	68	53	42
May 2012	36	44	37
Jun 2012	51	35	24
Jul 2012	44	60	56
Aug 2012	62	46	65
Sep 2012	70	46	53
Oct 2012	48	39	24
Nov 2012	47	99	27
Dec 2012	58	74	26
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Feb 2013	49	298	26
Mar 2013	74	148	31
Apr 2013	77	197	42
May 2013	90	153	33
Jun 2013	20	129	16
Jul 2013	32	114	24
Aug 2013	24	95	13
Sep 2013	54	138	38
Oct 2013	54	135	20
Nov 2013	42	151	22
Dec 2013	38	113	14
Jan 2014	62	148	24
Feb 2014	57	81	16
Mar 2014	61	141	27
Apr 2014	58	156	33
May 2014	76	177	27
Jun 2014	40	126	18
Jul 2014	44	217	16
Aug 2014	55	176	19
Sep 2014	39	169	9
Oct 2014	30	111	9
Nov 2014	47	126	18
Dec 2014	33	121	21
Jan 2015	47	144	23
Feb 2015	45	180	36
Mar 2015	79	241	32
Apr 2015	47	164	15
May 2015	29	174	19
Jun 2015	54	161	28
Jul 2015	26	146	14
Aug 2015	20	187	10
Sep 2015	36	111	10
Oct 2015	22	89	16
Nov 2015	30	115	17
Dec 2015	33	156	120
Jan 2016	39	240	14
Feb 2016	45	130	16
Mar 2016	24	115	21
Apr 2016	49	163	19
May 2016	39	152	19
Jun 2016	32	100	13
Jul 2016	44	116	19
Aug 2016	57	137	33
Sep 2016	64	122	23
Oct 2016	39	173	10
Nov 2016	51	197	22
Dec 2016	27	172	18
Jan 2017	33	411	19
Feb 2017	13	127	20
Mar 2017	40	111	33
Apr 2017	22	181	13
May 2017	30	176	35
Jun 2017	50	147	36
Jul 2017	74	56	15
Aug 2017	92	44	9
Sep 2017	160	92	21
Oct 2017	154	96	19
Nov 2017	231	177	19
Dec 2017	407	341	11
Jan 2018	482	446	31
Feb 2018	278	225	9
Mar 2018	346	276	13
Apr 2018	305	256	21
May 2018	324	288	18
Jun 2018	244	190	22
Jul 2018	244	176	29
Aug 2018	337	313	29
Sep 2018	276	228	18
Oct 2018	353	307	15
Nov 2018	329	300	17
Dec 2018	293	241	25
Jan 2019	291	270	26
Feb 2019	262	247	20
Mar 2019	329	310	34
Apr 2019	215	213	32
May 2019	230	224	24
Jun 2019	221	212	21
Jul 2019	201	185	51
Aug 2019	258	198	55
Sep 2019	201	182	16
Oct 2019	236	193	26
Nov 2019	215	187	25
Dec 2019	179	155	19
Jan 2020	227	190	27
Feb 2020	185	148	25
Mar 2020	239	227	34
Apr 2020	166	142	14
May 2020	158	134	20
Jun 2020	91	87	16
Jul 2020	88	69	15
Aug 2020	136	112	17
Sep 2020	153	129	31
Oct 2020	130	109	31
Nov 2020	160	149	25
Dec 2020	155	139	24
Jan 2021	202	169	30
Feb 2021	120	116	36
Mar 2021	79	49	12
Apr 2021	73	43	14
May 2021	66	55	12
Jun 2021	24	24	14
Jul 2021	27	24	11
Aug 2021	134	135	51
Sep 2021	156	155	46
Oct 2021	175	146	35
Nov 2021	157	135	43
Dec 2021	87	81	12
Jan 2022	165	152	29
Feb 2022	140	114	28
Mar 2022	207	141	54
Apr 2022	167	113	36
May 2022	120	98	24
Jun 2022	130	84	27
Jul 2022	118	85	16
Aug 2022	156	115	29
Sep 2022	170	125	36
Oct 2022	157	119	31
Nov 2022	162	110	25
Dec 2022	176	159	17
Jan 2023	226	179	36
Feb 2023	183	152	21
Mar 2023	195	168	21
Apr 2023	210	150	41
May 2023	211	167	26
Jun 2023	114	90	18
Jul 2023	133	116	16
Aug 2023	230	141	28
Sep 2023	178	131	32
Oct 2023	144	116	21
Nov 2023	226	149	19
Dec 2023	355	45	9
Jan 2024	290	16	3
Feb 2024	155	7	2
Mar 2024	197	7	5
Total	21816	24369	5345

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