Ambulance ramping affects paramedics and hospital staff

The underlying causes and knock-on effects of ambulance ramping at Queensland hospitals are explored and analysed in a ground-breaking report published this week by the Griffith Health Institute.

"Essentially, ambulance ramping was found to occur when no suitable emergency department bed was available, nor able to be made available, for patients presenting by ambulance and a patient remained under the care of ambulance personnel," said Dr Ramon Shaban, Senior Research Fellow at Griffith's Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation.
You can download the report here.