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Working to Improve
emergency care for older people
who fall
SAFER 1 Trial NewsletterSAFER 1 Newsletter - July 2010
The SAFER 1 trial is funded by the Department of Health and
supported by the National Institute for Social Care and
Health Research Clinical Research Centre
Swansea, Warwick and Sheffield Universities are working with Ambulance
Services, A&E departments and community based health services in England and Wales
News update: SAFER 1 is up and running!
The SAFER 1 trial aims to measure the costs and benefits of a Computerised Clinical Decision Support
(CCDS) system for paramedics for use in the assessment and triage of older people who fall.
Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST)Since November 2009 we have recruited over 300 patients. Valuable learning can be provided by a series of measures, and your views are a vital part of these! Use of the CCDS has been extended until the end of October 2010. Swansea University researchers will continue to visit participating stations and ongoing clinical and operational support is being provided by Richard Hook from WAST. We welcome any feedback you can give us (see back for contact details).
East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAS)Since the beginning of December 2009 we have recruited over 100 patients. Use of the CCDS has also been extended until the end of October 2010. Two new paramedics have joined the trial and are now fully trained. Larissa Prothero is our new Research Officer in the EEAS. She is an active paramedic, who continues to be part of the trial intervention group, when workloads allow. Larissa will be able to provide operational and clinical support (see back for contact details).
Other trial sitesOperational and technical challenges experienced mean we will not be including any other sites at this stage in the trial.
SAFER 1 Trial NewsletterWorking to improving emergency
care for older people who fall
University Contacts
Project Lead:
Helen SnooksTel No. 01792 513418
Antonio SánchezTrial Coordinator
Tel No. 01792 [email protected]
WAST Useful Contacts EEAS Useful Contacts
General queries call:
Larissa Prothero Research Officer and Paramedic
Tel No. 07736374453
Technical Support/IT Tel No. 01603 424255
Thanks to everyone
We’d like to thank everyone who has been involved in the trial so far. We are really keen to publish all findings, so if you would like to
collaborate get in touch!
Other News
Our sister trial, SAFER 2 will soon be up and running. In this trial we are testing the referral process to a community based falls service (no IT!). If you would like to know more about SAFER 2, please contact Claire Evans: Tel No 01792 606685
ACTION: We need your Feedback!
•We are really keen to hear any issues you are having with the IT software – both positive and negative feedback is welcome. Please use the ‘University Contacts’ listed at the bottom of this page for your feedback.
•Additionally, please remember to log all technical problems with either your technical support or IT helpdesks.
General queries call:
Richard Hook Tel No. 07866367610
Technical problems callIT helpdesk
Tel No. 0300 1000 010
Did You Know?
•Up to one in three (3.4m) over 65s suffer a fall each year, costing the NHS an estimated £4.6 million a day, adding up to 1.7 billion a year www.ageuk.org.uk/latest-news/archive/cost-of-falls/
•27% of community-dwelling persons over age 65 years and 50% of those over 80 years of age will fall each year (Carpenter et al., 2009) www.hsc.wvu.edu/ICRC/pdf/2009Pubs/CarpenterSAEM2009.PDF
•Approximately 10% of UK ambulance service calls are to people over 65 who have fallen. About 60% of cases are taken to hospital (Halter et al., 2000) www.healthcare.ac.uk/research/documents/fit-to-be-left-report.pdf
•Approximately 25% of fallers restrict their usual activities because of injury or fear of falling again (McClure et al., 2010) www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-10-79.pdf
Getting Involved: If you want to learn more about health research why not come to one of our seminars: [email protected].
Forthcoming Events: The 999 EMS Research Forum conference is being held within the Emergency Services Show, Stoneleigh Park Coventry, 24 -25 November 2010. For more information please contact Moira Morgan [email protected]