Refusal of Emergency Medical Transport After a Fall: Patient Characteristics and Outcomes of Repeat Callers
Repeat EMS calls for lift assistance may be used to identify patients at high risk for ED visits and hospitalizations. As patients decline transport, EMS may be their sole healthcare encounter. Future directions would entail training EMS personnel in screening or referring patients for more intensive outpatient interventions.
Authors
- Krystal Hunter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8991-2625)
- Katherine Selman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0864-4762)
- Jacob Barr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1105-9941)
- Alexander Kuc
Institutions
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (US)
- Cooper University Health Care (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.33524
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00