European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Developing a decision support system for geriatric patients in prehospital care.
To develop a feasible and safe prehospital decision support system (DSS) for the emergency medical services (EMS), facilitating safe steering of geriatric patients to an optimal level of healthcare. ⋯ Using this prehospital DSS - developed for 11 medical conditions - the Swedish prehospital nurse can safely decide on the level of healthcare to which an elderly patient can be steered.