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August 25, 2026HRB Open ResearchOpen Access

Older adults and families/caregivers' experiences of access and use of emergency medical services (EMS): a study protocol for a qualitative evidence synthesis

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ARApolonia RadomskaRGRose GalvinNCNiamh M. Cummins

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Overview

Qualitative synthesis protocol outlines methods to evaluate emergency medical service access among older adults and caregivers, highlighting strategies for age-attuned pre-hospital care.

Key Points

  • To outline a methodology for systematically synthesizing qualitative literature regarding older adults' and their caregivers' experiences with accessing and utilizing emergency medical services.
  • Follow a seven-step meta-ethnographic approach searching Medline, CINAHL, PsycInfo, Academic Search Complete, and Embase, supplemented by citation tracking.
  • Apply a two-step purposive sampling strategy for study selection, evaluate study quality with the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) checklist, and grade confidence using the GRADE-CERQual framework.
  • Incorporate a Public Patient Involvement panel of older adults and family carers to inform the research question, synthesis, and dissemination.
  • Protocol establishes a standardized framework to generate a new conceptual understanding of older adults' and caregivers' pre-hospital emergency care experiences.
  • Synthesized findings aim to directly inform the design, optimization, and implementation of age-attuned emergency medical services.

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Radomska et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8d4a34e8bd2413309bc3e1https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.14487.1
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