Is the emergency (999) service being misused? retrospective analysis

Is the emergency (999) service being misused? Retrospective analysis.

Phenazepam is currently being misused in the UK.

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An analysis of calls referred to the emergency 999 service by NHS Direct.

INTRODUCTION NHS Direct was launched in West Yorkshire in April 1999. A 999 ambulance can be dispatched to the patient as a result of a call to NHS Direct. The aim of this study is to compare cases that had been referred by NHS Direct via the 999 service, with those who had dialled 999 themselves. METHODS The study was carried out in three accident and emergency (A&E) departments in West York...

Who calls 999 and why? A survey of the emergency workload of the London Ambulance Service.

BACKGROUND In 1996-97 there were 623,000 emergency (999) calls made to the London Ambulance Service (LAS) and this represents a 30% increase over the previous five years. The reasons for this increase, which is also observed nationally, remain unknown. It has been suggested that some callers may be using the 999 service "inappropriately" but no data are available from the ambulance service. O...

Emergency (999) calls to the ambulance service that do not result in the patient being transported to hospital: an epidemiological study.

OBJECTIVE To describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who are not transported to hospital after an emergency (999) call to the East Midlands Ambulance Service, the reason for non-transportation, and the priority assigned when the ambulance is dispatched. METHODS The first 500 consecutive non-transported patients from 1 March 2000 were identified from the ambulance ser...