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ArticleGerontology & geriatric medicine

Emergency Medical Service in the Elderly Population in Iran: A Cross-sectional Study Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Mohammadreza Sabbaghi, Kheizaran Miri, Mohammad Namazinia

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Article in Gerontology & geriatric medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors.

Mohammadreza SabbaghiMsc student of Emergency Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Kheizaran MiriDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.
Mohammad NamaziniaDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2198-7556

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This research examines the impact of an aging population in Eastern Iran on prehospital emergency medical services (EMS), with a focus on changes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive cross-sectional analysis was performed on data from 10,264 elderly individuals using EMS in Torbat-e Heydarieh County from March 2019 to March 2022. Statistical analyses, including t-tests and Chi-square tests, were conducted using SPSS software. Findings indicate that 30% of the 33,847 EMS calls received were from older adults. The nature of emergencies evolved from cardiovascular issues pre-pandemic to predominantly impaired consciousness during COVID-19, a statistically significant shift (

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COVID-19elderlyEMSepidemiologyprehospital care

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PMID39139697
PMCPMC11320405

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