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A 4 page article critique that first summarizes the study sample, method and findings and then offers evaluation of the research method and the study's applicability to further research. This critique examines the study conducted by Ahl, Nystrom and Jansson (2006) who investigated ambulance use in southern Sweden. No additional sources cited.
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to call an ambulance. Citing previous research, they point out that many researchers have addressed the fact that ambulance care is frequently employed for services that it was no intended
to fulfill. These studies have reflected the perspective of healthcare professionals, which is that many times the situation does not require an emergency response. Little research has approached the problem
from the perspective of the patient. Therefore, this research team designed a study in order to analyze and describe calling an ambulance from the patients perspective. This exploratory, non-randomized study
employed a sample group of 12 women and 8 men, ages between 34 and 82, who used ambulance serve in towns and rural areas of southern Sweden. The sample group
was recruited with the purpose of achieving a divergent population in terms of age, gender, emergency situation and medical diagnoses. Interviews with informants took place in their homes and
qualitative procedures were used to analyze results. The findings followed two primary themes: "making up ones mind" and "waiting for help" (Ahl, Nystrom and Jansson, 2006). In general, the
patients and significant others called for an ambulance because they realized that they could not handle this health crisis on their own. One patient comments, "It was a desperate thing"
(Ahl, Nystrom and Jansson, 2006, p. 14). In come cases, an ambulance was called because a nurse on a health hotline was consulted and patient were advised to make the
call. Other informants describe efforts that they took to handle the situation without help. Informants expressed their hesitancy in calling for an ambulance. However, some patients, after making this decision,
first called clients and rearranged schedules before making the call. These patients did not appear to realize that such a delay could have been detrimental to their emergency outcome. Another
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