Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
LONDON — A novel interdisciplinary care pathway in which UK paramedics were trained to direct the majority of diabetes patients with hypoglycemia to community diabetes services rather than taking them to the hospital improved patient care and reduced costs.
The research was presented at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference, held in London on March 11–13.
The ambulance personnel in West Hampshire were instructed to take patients to the hospital only when absolutely necessary, explained Emily Perry, a diabetes specialist nurse at West Hampshire Community Diabetes Service, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Lyndhurst, United Kingdom.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/841961
The research was presented at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference, held in London on March 11–13.
The ambulance personnel in West Hampshire were instructed to take patients to the hospital only when absolutely necessary, explained Emily Perry, a diabetes specialist nurse at West Hampshire Community Diabetes Service, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Lyndhurst, United Kingdom.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/841961