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Paramedic management of patients experiencing mental health issues: a scoping review.

Rolfe, U. and Phillips, P., 2024. Paramedic management of patients experiencing mental health issues: a scoping review. Journal of Paramedic Practice. (In Press)

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Abstract

Background: Since the COVID-19 pandemic and the introduction of the Right Care, Right Person agreement, paramedics spend about 1.8m hours per year managing people with mental health issues. The UK health service needs to address the urgent training requirements for paramedics to provide mental healthcare and reduce this deficit in emergency care provision. Aims: To identify and examine current research on paramedics manage people with mental health issues. Methods: The five stages of Arkeys & O’Malley’s framework were implemented. A research question was developed, databases searched, studies identified, data charted, summarised and reported. Findings: 15 of 2303 results were included, with five themes identified: Perceptions and expectations, call triage and interservice collaboration, communication skills, lack of education and training, and evidence-based interventions. Conclusions: there is global evidence of the deficiencies in paramedic education around mental health presentations and a need for evidence-based education and interventions to improve patient outcomes.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:1759-1376
Uncontrolled Keywords:paramedic; ambulance; mental health; education; training
Group:Faculty of Health & Social Sciences
ID Code:40364
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:01 Oct 2024 10:23
Last Modified:01 Oct 2024 10:23

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