2012
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr158
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A Retrospective Analysis of the Nature, Extent and Cost of Alcohol-Related Emergency Calls to the Ambulance Service in an English Region

Abstract: In a 1-year period, we estimated that over 31,000 ambulance call outs were alcohol-related. A large discrepancy was found between manual and electronic recording of alcohol-related ambulance attendances to A&E. The workload and cost of alcohol-related call outs is high and mostly preventable. Ambulance visits may present a teachable moment for brief intervention to reduce alcohol-related risk and harm.

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“…21 Indirect evidence of the reliability of our numbers is provided by the fact that we found around 10% of ambulance/emergency cases with intoxication, as did two studies using different data sources. 2,22 If possible, paramedics also ask patients for self-reports to complement their assessment. In a Dutch study comparing self-reports and biomedical markers of alcohol use (alcohol breath analyzer and urine samples) among emergency department patients, self-reported alcohol use was a reliable indicator of actual alcohol consumption.…”
Section: Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…21 Indirect evidence of the reliability of our numbers is provided by the fact that we found around 10% of ambulance/emergency cases with intoxication, as did two studies using different data sources. 2,22 If possible, paramedics also ask patients for self-reports to complement their assessment. In a Dutch study comparing self-reports and biomedical markers of alcohol use (alcohol breath analyzer and urine samples) among emergency department patients, self-reported alcohol use was a reliable indicator of actual alcohol consumption.…”
Section: Limitationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5 This study focuses on encounters in the prehospital setting, highlighting the more severe presentations of substance use. 8 Young people account for many alcohol-related calls, especially on college campuses. Prehospital care reports offer a unique perspective on drug use in the community, and EMS systems have distinctive and close relationships to the communities they serve.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Az alkohollal összefüggésbe hozható betegségek a nők és a férfiak körében nagyon különböző arányt mutatnak (férfiak: 7,4%, nők: 2,3%) [3,9,11,18,19]. Vizsgálatunkban ez a különbség a szakirodalommal megegyező, azonban kutatásunkban nagyobb számban fordulnak elő társbetegségek (férfiak: 33,4%, nők: 29,5%) [3,18,19].…”
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