Dwyer R, et al. - Researchers determined the demand for emergency ambulances by older people by performing a retrospective cohort study using secondary analysis of routinely collected clinical and administrative data from Ambulance Victoria, and population data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Data yielded strong evidence of high rates of emergency ambulance use by people aged 65 years and over living in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF). A marked relationship between increased rate of ambulance use among this vulnerable group of older Australians and residence, sex, age and season was noted. Overall, an increase in absolute demand was noted each year adding to strain on health resources.