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Objectives: To examine patient’s characteristics associated with ED arrival mode, and to determine EMS impact on ED clinical resource use, workload and crowding. Methods: This is a retrospective study of patients seen at Sant’Andrea Hospital ED. Comparison focused on visit characteristics, and on resource use. Results: The use of EMS ambulance confirms association to older age, higher rate of hospital admission, longer length of stay, and severity of injury. Moreover our data show that ambulance referred patients are triaged into a higher acuity category and have a greater intensive care unit admission. Conclusion: Ambulance arrivals have a significant impact on ED resource use, workload and crowding. Enrico Ferri, Department of Emergency Medicine, A.O. Sant’Andrea, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy Laura Magrini, Department of Emergency Medicine, A.O. Sant’Andrea, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy Marco Alfano, Department of Emergency Medicine, A.O. Sant’Andrea, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy Michele Del Parco, Department of Emergency Medicine, A.O. Sant’Andrea, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy Salvatore Di Somma, Department of Emergency Medicine, A.O. Sant’Andrea, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy Ferri, E., Magrini, L., Alfano, M., Del Parco, M., & Di Somma, S. (2010). How public ambulance arrivals impact on Emergency Department workload and resource use. Emergency Care Journal, 6(1), 23–33. https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2010.1.23 More Citation Formats ACM ABNT Chicago Harvard MLA Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.

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