title: Emergency care. Change of pace.
abstract: A GP practice set up a new system of assessing patients, with an emphasis on appropriate immediate need. The aim is to speed up treatment and reduce inappropriate accident and emergency admissions. A new role of community paramedic on loan from the ambulance trust was a vital part of the team. The first eight months dramatically cut accident and emergency admissions and sped up category A response times.
authors.affiliation: East Anglian Ambulance Service Trust.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Everden
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eardley
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorgelly
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Howe
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013222:State Medicine; D013995:Time; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration*