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Meeting the needs of homeless people: the St John Ambulance mobile service

07 July 1999

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

ST JOHN AMBULANCE is best known for providing first aid services. However, the organ-isation also has a long history of caring and supporting vulnerable members of...

Nurses who work in the ambulance service

11 May 2012

Emergency Nurse

Feature

This article provides five case studies to illustrate the increasing involvement of nurses in ambulance services in England and Wales, and how their work complements...

Nurse interventions in ambulance cornmand-and-control centres

07 December 2009

Emergency Nurse

Feature

As a result of a merger between NHS Direct in Wales and the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust, an initiative in which nurses assess the presenting symptoms of...

The role of nurses in ambulance services

11 April 2012

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Nurses are increasingly becoming involved in ambulance services in England and Wales. This article discusses some of the work they do and why their involvement is...

Intermediate care for older people

01 June 2007

Nursing Older People

A&S Science

Up to 40 per cent of older people do not go to hospital after calling an emergency ambulance and until recently were not referred on to any other community services....

Fasten their seatbelts: legal restraint of children in car seats and road ambulances

01 September 2007

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

Registered nurses transport sick children in ambulances and other road vehicles every day in the United Kingdom (UK). Safely restraining the child, the equipment and...

Baby on the move: issues in neonatal transport

01 February 2008

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

The 2003 review of UK neonatal services led to wide-ranging changes including the centralisation of intensive care into level 3 units, the geographical organisation...

Reducing the burden on Welsh ambulance services and emergency departments: a mental health 999 clinical support desk initiative

13 February 2024

Emergency Nurse

Mental heath

Demand for ambulances has increased significantly in recent years due, for example, to ongoing public health issues and lack of availability of alternative...