Videoconferencing Between Ambulances and Physician Manned Rapid Response Vehicles, Effects on On-site Patient Treatment and Patterns of Referral

Readmission

For all patients receiving consultation from physician manned rapid response vehicles the number of patients admitted to hospital within 3 days will assessed.

Time frame: Within 3 days of primary contact. Will be assessed up to 24 months after primary contact. Expected to be presented up to 36 months after assessment.

Change in site of referral

If the department to receive the patient is changed during consultation between physician in rapid response vehicle and patient

Time frame: If destination for patient is changed during consultatation with physician it wille be assessed at the end of consultation, expected averagely to be within 1 hour after consultation, expected to presented up to 24 months after primary assessment

Number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel

Time frame: The number of treatments delivered by ambulance personnel during consultation with physician in rapid response vehicle. Expected to be assessed averagely within 1 hour of consultation. Expected to be presented up 36 months after primary assessment