Older fallers attended to by an ambulance but not transported to hospital: a vulnerable population at high risk of future falls

• Principais autores: Anne Tiedemann (Autor), A. Stefanie Mikolaizak (Autor), Catherine Sherrington (Autor), Kerrie Segin (Autor), Stephen R. Lord (Autor), Jacqueline C.T. Close (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Objective : This prospective cohort study describes older non‐transported fallers seen by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales (ASNSW), quantifies the level of risk and identifies predictors of future falls and ambulance use. Methods : Participants were 262 people aged 70 years or older...