Alternative care models for paramedic patients from long-term care centers: a national survey of Canadian paramedic services.


Journal

CJEM
ISSN: 1481-8043
Titre abrégé: CJEM
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100893237

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 2023
Historique:
received: 07 04 2022
accepted: 10 02 2023
medline: 20 4 2023
pubmed: 11 3 2023
entrez: 10 3 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Long-term care (LTC) patients do poorly when transported to emergency departments (ED). Community paramedic programs deliver enhanced care in their place of residence, yet few programs are reported in the literature. We conducted a national cross-sectional survey of land ambulance services to understand if such programs exist in Canada, and what the perceived needs and priorities are for future programs. We emailed a 46 question survey to paramedic services across Canada. We asked about service characteristics, current ED diversion programs, existing diversion programs specific to LTC patients, priorities for future programs, the potential impact of such programs, and what the feasibility and barriers are to implementing programs that treat LTC patients on-site, avoiding an ED visit. We received responses from 50 sites across Canada, providing services to 73.5% of the total population. Almost a third (30.0%) had existing treat-and-refer programs, and 65.5% of services transported to destinations other than an ED. Almost all respondents (98.0%) felt the need for programs to treat LTC patients on-site, and 36.0% had existing programs. The top priorities for future programs were support for patients being discharged (30.6%), extended care paramedics (24.5%), and respiratory illness treat-in-place programs (20.4%). The highest potential impact was expected from support for patients being discharged (62.0%) and respiratory illness treat-in-place programs (54.0%). Required changes in legislation (36.0%) and required changes to the system of medical oversight (34.0%) were identified as top barriers to implementing such programs. There is a significant mismatch between the perceived need for community paramedic programs treating LTC patients on-site, and the number of programs in place. Programs could benefit from standardized outcome measurement and the publication of peer-reviewed evidence to guide future programs. Changes in legislation and medical oversight are needed to address the identified barriers to program implementation. RéSUMé: INTRODUCTION: Les patients en soins de longue durée (SLD) se portent mal lorsqu'ils sont transportés aux services d'urgence (SU). Les programmes paramédicaux communautaires permettent de fournir des soins améliorés sur le lieu de résidence des patients, mais peu de programmes sont signalés dans la littérature. Nous avons mené une enquête transversale nationale auprès des services d'ambulance terrestre afin de déterminer si de tels programmes existent au Canada, et quels sont les besoins et les priorités perçus pour les programmes futurs. Nous avons envoyé par courriel un sondage de 46 questions aux services paramédicaux partout au Canada. Nous avons posé des questions sur les caractéristiques des services, les programmes actuels de déjudiciarisation des urgences, les programmes de déjudiciarisation existants spécifiques aux patients en SLD, les priorités pour les programmes futurs, l'impact potentiel de ces programmes, et la faisabilité et les obstacles à la mise en œuvre de programmes qui traitent les patients atteints de SLD sur place, évitant ainsi une visite aux urgences. Nous avons reçu des réponses de 50 sites à travers le Canada, fournissant des services à 73,5 % de la population totale. Près d'un tiers (30,0 %) disposent de programmes de traitement et d'orientation, et 65,5 % des services sont transportés vers des destinations autres que les urgences. Presque tous les répondants (98,0 %) ont ressenti le besoin de programmes pour traiter les patients en SLD sur place, et 36,0 % disposaient de programmes existants. Les principales priorités des futurs programmes étaient le soutien aux patients sortant (30,6 %), les ambulanciers paramédicaux en soins prolongés (24,5 %) et les programmes de traitement sur place des maladies respiratoires (20,4 %). L'impact potentiel le plus élevé était attendu du soutien aux patients en cours de sortie (62,0%) de l’hôpital et des programmes de traitement sur place des maladies respiratoires (54,0%). Les changements nécessaires dans la législation (36,0%) et dans le système de surveillance médicale (34,0%) ont été identifiés comme les principaux obstacles à la mise en œuvre de tels programmes. Il existe un décalage important entre le besoin perçu de programmes paramédicaux communautaires pour traiter les patients en SLD sur place et le nombre de programmes en place. Les programmes pourraient bénéficier d'une mesure standardisée des résultats et de la publication de preuves évaluées par des pairs pour guider les futurs programmes. Des changements dans la législation et la surveillance médicale sont nécessaires pour éliminer les obstacles identifiés à la mise en œuvre du programme.

Autres résumés

Type: Publisher (fre)
RéSUMé: INTRODUCTION: Les patients en soins de longue durée (SLD) se portent mal lorsqu'ils sont transportés aux services d'urgence (SU). Les programmes paramédicaux communautaires permettent de fournir des soins améliorés sur le lieu de résidence des patients, mais peu de programmes sont signalés dans la littérature. Nous avons mené une enquête transversale nationale auprès des services d'ambulance terrestre afin de déterminer si de tels programmes existent au Canada, et quels sont les besoins et les priorités perçus pour les programmes futurs.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36897539
doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00471-9
pii: 10.1007/s43678-023-00471-9
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

344-352

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP)/ Association Canadienne de Médecine d'Urgence (ACMU).

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Auteurs

Shannon Leduc (S)

Ottawa Paramedic Service, Ottawa, ON, Canada. shannond.leduc@ottawa.ca.
School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. shannond.leduc@ottawa.ca.
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada. shannond.leduc@ottawa.ca.

George Wells (G)

School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy (V)

School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Peter Kelly (P)

Ottawa Paramedic Service, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Christian Vaillancourt (C)

School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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