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Identifying barriers and facilitators to ambulance service assessment and treatment of acute asthma: a focus group study

Posted on August 10, 2014 by — No Comments ↓

Researchers in CaHRU and East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) have published a new study: “Identifying barriers and facilitators to ambulance service assessment and treatment of acute asthma: a focus group study” in BMC Emergency Medicine. The study’s lead Continue reading Identifying barriers and facilitators to ambulance service assessment and treatment of acute asthma: a focus group study→

CHROMED meeting under the midnight sun

Posted on June 12, 2013 by — No Comments ↓

Members of Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU), Jo Middlemass (research nurse) and Prof Niro Siriwardena travelled north to Tromsø, Norway, in the Arctic Circle, to discuss progress and the next phase of the European Commission Framework 7 funded study, Continue reading CHROMED meeting under the midnight sun→

New study shows that one third of patients with diabetes attended by an ambulance for severe hypoglycaemia transported to hospital

Posted on February 20, 2013 by — 1 Comment ↓

A new study has been published in Primary Care Diabetes on ‘Severe hypoglycaemia requiring emergency medical assistance by ambulance services in the East Midlands: a retrospective study’. Hypoglycaemia or low blood sugar is important because this may be linked to Continue reading New study shows that one third of patients with diabetes attended by an ambulance for severe hypoglycaemia transported to hospital→

New study published investigating patient experiences of using the ambulance service for suspected stroke and heart attack

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Fiona Togher — No Comments ↓

A study by members of the CaHRU team, Fiona Togher, Dr Zowie Davy and Professor Niroshan Siriwardena, to better understand the elements of care that are most important to patients with stroke and heart attack accessing the ambulance service, has Continue reading New study published investigating patient experiences of using the ambulance service for suspected stroke and heart attack→

Improvement science and methods seminars: case control and self controlled case series designs

Posted on September 20, 2012 by — No Comments ↓

A new series of Improvement Science and Method Seminars led by Zahid Asghar, senior lecturer in health, began with our first workshop on 19 October 2012. Zahid led the attendees, which included academic and health service staff working with the Community Continue reading Improvement science and methods seminars: case control and self controlled case series designs→