Community First Responders' role in the current and future rural health and care workforce: a mixed-methods study.
AMBULANCES
CONSENSUS
CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES
EMERGENCIES
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
HUMANS
MIXED-METHODS STUDIES
OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST
POLICY
QUALITATIVE STUDIES
RURAL POPULATION
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
VOLUNTEERS
Journal
Health and social care delivery research
ISSN: 2755-0079
Titre abrégé: Health Soc Care Deliv Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9918470788706676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2024
Jul 2024
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2024
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2024
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Résumé
Community First Responders are trained volunteers dispatched by ambulance services to potentially life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest in the first vital minutes to provide care until highly skilled ambulance staff arrive. Community First Responder schemes were first introduced to support ambulance services in rural communities, where access to prehospital emergency care is more likely to be delayed. Evidence is lacking on their contribution to rural healthcare provision, how care is provided and how this might be improved. We aimed to describe Community First Responder activities, organisation, costs of provision and outcomes of care together with perceptions and views of patients, public, Community First Responders, ambulance service staff and commissioners of their current and future role including innovations in the rural health and care workforce. We used a mixed-methods design, using a lens of pragmatism and the 'actor', 'behaviour change' and 'causal pathway' framework to integrate quantitative routine and qualitative (policy, guideline and protocol documents with stakeholder interview) data from 6 of 10 English ambulance services. We identified potential innovations in Community First Responder provision and prioritised these using a modified nominal group technique. Patients and public were involved throughout the study. In 4.5 million incidents from six English regional ambulance services during 2019, pre COVID-19 pandemic, Community First Responders attended first a higher proportion of calls in rural areas (almost 4% of calls) than in urban areas (around 1.5%). They were significantly more likely to be called out to rural (vs. urban) areas and to attend older (vs. younger), white (vs. minority ethnic) people in more affluent (vs. deprived) areas with cardiorespiratory and neurological (vs. other emergency) conditions for higher-priority emergency or urgent (category 1 and 2 compared with category 3, 4 or 5) calls but did also attend lower-category calls for conditions such as falls. We examined 10 documents from seven ambulance services. Ambulance policies and protocols integrated Community First Responders into ambulance service structures to achieve the safe and effective operation of volunteers. Costs, mainly for training, equipment and support, varied widely but were not always clearly delineated. Community First Responders enabled a faster prehospital response time. There was no clear benefit in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes. A specific Community First Responder falls response reduced ambulance attendances and was potentially cost saving. We conducted semistructured interviews with 47 different stakeholders engaged in Community First Responder functions. This showed the trajectory of becoming a Community First Responder, the Community First Responder role, governance and practice, and the positive views of Community First Responders from stakeholders despite public lack of understanding of their role. Community First Responders' scope of practice varied between ambulance services and had developed into new areas. Innovations prioritised at the consensus workshop were changes in processes and structures and an expanded scope of practice supported by training, which included counselling, peer support, better communication with the control room, navigation and communication technology, and specific mandatory and standardised training for Community First Responders. Missing data and small numbers of interviews in some stakeholder groups (patients, commissioners) are sources of bias. Future research should include a robust evaluation of innovations involving Community First Responders. This trial is registered as ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04279262. This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research programme (NIHR award ref: NIHR127920) and is published in full in Community First Responders are volunteers who attend emergencies, particularly in rural areas, and provide help until the ambulance arrives. We aimed to describe Community First Responder activities, costs and effects and get the views of the public, Community First Responders, ambulance staff and commissioners on the current and future role of Community First Responders. Our study design combined different approaches. We examined routine ambulance patient information, reviewed ambulance policies and guidelines, and gathered information from interviews to make sense of our findings. Through interviews we learned about ways that the work of Community First Responders had been enhanced or could be improved. In a 1-day workshop, a group of lay and professional experts ranked in order of importance ideas about future developments involving Community First Responders. Community First Responders arrived before ambulance staff for a higher proportion of calls in rural than in urban areas. They attended people with various conditions, including breathing problems, chest pain, stroke, drowsiness, diabetes and falls, and usually the highest-priority emergencies but also lower-priority calls. Policies aimed to ensure that Community First Responders provided safe, effective care. Costs, mainly used for management, training and equipment, were sometimes incomplete or inaccurate and varied widely between services. Community First Responders attending meant faster responses and positive experiences for those patients and relatives interviewed. A Community First Responder scheme responding to people who had fallen at home led to fewer ambulances attending and possible financial savings. Survival among people attended because their heart had stopped was no better when Community First Responders arrived early. Interviews revealed why and how Community First Responders volunteered and were trained, what they did and how they felt. Interviewees were largely positive about Community First Responders. Improvements suggested included support from colleagues or counsellors, better communication with ambulance services, technology for communication and locating patients, and better training. Community First Responders have benefits in terms of response times and patient care. Future improvements should be evaluated.
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Background
UNASSIGNED
Community First Responders are trained volunteers dispatched by ambulance services to potentially life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest in the first vital minutes to provide care until highly skilled ambulance staff arrive. Community First Responder schemes were first introduced to support ambulance services in rural communities, where access to prehospital emergency care is more likely to be delayed. Evidence is lacking on their contribution to rural healthcare provision, how care is provided and how this might be improved.
Objectives
UNASSIGNED
We aimed to describe Community First Responder activities, organisation, costs of provision and outcomes of care together with perceptions and views of patients, public, Community First Responders, ambulance service staff and commissioners of their current and future role including innovations in the rural health and care workforce.
Design
UNASSIGNED
We used a mixed-methods design, using a lens of pragmatism and the 'actor', 'behaviour change' and 'causal pathway' framework to integrate quantitative routine and qualitative (policy, guideline and protocol documents with stakeholder interview) data from 6 of 10 English ambulance services. We identified potential innovations in Community First Responder provision and prioritised these using a modified nominal group technique. Patients and public were involved throughout the study.
Results
UNASSIGNED
In 4.5 million incidents from six English regional ambulance services during 2019, pre COVID-19 pandemic, Community First Responders attended first a higher proportion of calls in rural areas (almost 4% of calls) than in urban areas (around 1.5%). They were significantly more likely to be called out to rural (vs. urban) areas and to attend older (vs. younger), white (vs. minority ethnic) people in more affluent (vs. deprived) areas with cardiorespiratory and neurological (vs. other emergency) conditions for higher-priority emergency or urgent (category 1 and 2 compared with category 3, 4 or 5) calls but did also attend lower-category calls for conditions such as falls. We examined 10 documents from seven ambulance services. Ambulance policies and protocols integrated Community First Responders into ambulance service structures to achieve the safe and effective operation of volunteers. Costs, mainly for training, equipment and support, varied widely but were not always clearly delineated. Community First Responders enabled a faster prehospital response time. There was no clear benefit in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes. A specific Community First Responder falls response reduced ambulance attendances and was potentially cost saving. We conducted semistructured interviews with 47 different stakeholders engaged in Community First Responder functions. This showed the trajectory of becoming a Community First Responder, the Community First Responder role, governance and practice, and the positive views of Community First Responders from stakeholders despite public lack of understanding of their role. Community First Responders' scope of practice varied between ambulance services and had developed into new areas. Innovations prioritised at the consensus workshop were changes in processes and structures and an expanded scope of practice supported by training, which included counselling, peer support, better communication with the control room, navigation and communication technology, and specific mandatory and standardised training for Community First Responders.
Limitations
UNASSIGNED
Missing data and small numbers of interviews in some stakeholder groups (patients, commissioners) are sources of bias.
Future research
UNASSIGNED
Future research should include a robust evaluation of innovations involving Community First Responders.
Trial registration
UNASSIGNED
This trial is registered as ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04279262.
Funding
UNASSIGNED
This award was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research programme (NIHR award ref: NIHR127920) and is published in full in
Community First Responders are volunteers who attend emergencies, particularly in rural areas, and provide help until the ambulance arrives. We aimed to describe Community First Responder activities, costs and effects and get the views of the public, Community First Responders, ambulance staff and commissioners on the current and future role of Community First Responders. Our study design combined different approaches. We examined routine ambulance patient information, reviewed ambulance policies and guidelines, and gathered information from interviews to make sense of our findings. Through interviews we learned about ways that the work of Community First Responders had been enhanced or could be improved. In a 1-day workshop, a group of lay and professional experts ranked in order of importance ideas about future developments involving Community First Responders. Community First Responders arrived before ambulance staff for a higher proportion of calls in rural than in urban areas. They attended people with various conditions, including breathing problems, chest pain, stroke, drowsiness, diabetes and falls, and usually the highest-priority emergencies but also lower-priority calls. Policies aimed to ensure that Community First Responders provided safe, effective care. Costs, mainly used for management, training and equipment, were sometimes incomplete or inaccurate and varied widely between services. Community First Responders attending meant faster responses and positive experiences for those patients and relatives interviewed. A Community First Responder scheme responding to people who had fallen at home led to fewer ambulances attending and possible financial savings. Survival among people attended because their heart had stopped was no better when Community First Responders arrived early. Interviews revealed why and how Community First Responders volunteered and were trained, what they did and how they felt. Interviewees were largely positive about Community First Responders. Improvements suggested included support from colleagues or counsellors, better communication with ambulance services, technology for communication and locating patients, and better training. Community First Responders have benefits in terms of response times and patient care. Future improvements should be evaluated.
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Community First Responders are volunteers who attend emergencies, particularly in rural areas, and provide help until the ambulance arrives. We aimed to describe Community First Responder activities, costs and effects and get the views of the public, Community First Responders, ambulance staff and commissioners on the current and future role of Community First Responders. Our study design combined different approaches. We examined routine ambulance patient information, reviewed ambulance policies and guidelines, and gathered information from interviews to make sense of our findings. Through interviews we learned about ways that the work of Community First Responders had been enhanced or could be improved. In a 1-day workshop, a group of lay and professional experts ranked in order of importance ideas about future developments involving Community First Responders. Community First Responders arrived before ambulance staff for a higher proportion of calls in rural than in urban areas. They attended people with various conditions, including breathing problems, chest pain, stroke, drowsiness, diabetes and falls, and usually the highest-priority emergencies but also lower-priority calls. Policies aimed to ensure that Community First Responders provided safe, effective care. Costs, mainly used for management, training and equipment, were sometimes incomplete or inaccurate and varied widely between services. Community First Responders attending meant faster responses and positive experiences for those patients and relatives interviewed. A Community First Responder scheme responding to people who had fallen at home led to fewer ambulances attending and possible financial savings. Survival among people attended because their heart had stopped was no better when Community First Responders arrived early. Interviews revealed why and how Community First Responders volunteered and were trained, what they did and how they felt. Interviewees were largely positive about Community First Responders. Improvements suggested included support from colleagues or counsellors, better communication with ambulance services, technology for communication and locating patients, and better training. Community First Responders have benefits in terms of response times and patient care. Future improvements should be evaluated.
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