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Paediatric medical emergency calls to a Danish Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre: a retrospective, observational study [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2018
Background Little is known regarding paediatric medical emergency calls to Danish Emergency Medical Dispatch Centres (EMDC). This study aimed to investigate these calls, specifically the medical issues leading to them and the pre-hospital units ...
Kasper Andersen, Søren Mikkelsen, Gitte Jørgensen, Stine Thorhauge Zwisler   +3 more
doaj   +7 more sources

A comparison of two emergency medical dispatch protocols with respect to accuracy [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2017
Background Emergency medical dispatching should be as accurate as possible in order to ensure patient safety and optimize the use of ambulance resources.
Klara Torlén, Lisa Kurland, Maaret Castrén, Knut Olanders, Katarina Bohm   +4 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Developing emergency medical dispatch systems in Africa – Recommendations of the African Federation for Emergency Medicine/International Academies of Emergency Dispatch Working Group [PDF]

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
Emergency medical dispatch (EMD) systems are a crucial component of effective Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems. They provide a means of public access to emergency care information and out-of-hospital emergency care resources and expertise.
Nee-Kofi Mould-Millman, Shaheem de Vries, Christopher Stein, Muhumpu Kafwamfwa, Julia Dixon, Arthur Yancey, Busha Laba, Jerry Overton, Ron McDaniel, Lee A. Wallis   +9 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Video livestreaming from medical emergency callers’ smartphones to emergency medical dispatch centres: a scoping review of current uses, opportunities, and challenges [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Timely dispatch of appropriate emergency medical services (EMS) resources to the scene of medical incidents, and/or provision of treatment at the scene by bystanders and medical emergency lay callers (referred to as ‘callers’ in this review ...
Carin Magnusson, Lucie Ollis, Scott Munro, Jill Maben, Anthony Coe, Oliver Fitzgerald, Cath Taylor   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Description of call handling in emergency medical dispatch centres in Scandinavia: recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and dispatcher-assisted CPR [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background The European resuscitation council have highlighted emergency medical dispatch centres as an important key player for early recognition of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) and in providing dispatcher assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Camilla Hardeland, Andreas Claesson, Marieke T. Blom, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer Blomberg, Fredrik Folke, Jacob Hollenberg, Jo Kramer-Johansen, Freddy Lippert, Anette Nord, Anne Mette Nygaard, Theresa Mariero Olasveengen, Mattias Ringh, Leif Svensson, Thea Palsgaard Møller   +13 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Drones providing live video to dispatch centers during time-critical incidents [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Early triage of emergency calls at dispatch centres relies mainly on verbal information, which may not reflect the complexity and severity of a situation, limiting dispatchers situational awareness and early decision-making.
M. Kristiansson, M. Andersson Hagiwara, L. Svensson, S. Schierbeck, Y. Khalid, P. Lundgren, C. Magnusson, P. Nordberg, J. Hollenberg, M. Ringh, S. Forsberg, A. Claesson   +11 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A classification model for the telephonic triage of low acuity abdominal complaints in South Africa [PDF]

African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Emergency medical services (EMS) dispatch emergency resources according to the appropriate patient acuity, ensuring those in need of urgent care receive prompt attention.
F Binks, LA Wallis, W Stassen
doaj   +2 more sources

Strengthening Prehospital Emergency Care in Somalia: Current Barriers and Priorities for System Reform [PDF]

Open Access Emergency Medicine
Hassan Adan Ali Adan1– 31Faculty of Medicine, Mogadishu University, Mogadishu, Somalia; 2Department of Emergency Medicine, Mogadishu Somali Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan Training and Research Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia; 3Department of Research, Somali ...
Adan HAA
doaj   +2 more sources

First real-world implementation of video-based emergency calls (VEC) in Germany: from vision to reality [PDF]

Resuscitation Plus
Emergency call handling relies primarily on verbal information, which is often constrained by stress, language barriers, and limited situational awareness.
Henning Schmidtpott, Felix Reiser, Erik Lachfeld, Sebastian Heinrich, Julian Ganter   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Help-seeking and barriers to emergency care during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in public housing areas: a qualitative study [PDF]

BMJ Open
Introduction Understanding whether socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds influence help-seeking and communication with emergency medical services (EMS) is essential to mitigate disparities.Objective We explored how public housing residents seek help and ...
Christian Hassager, Fredrik Folke, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, Carolina Malta Hansen, Doris Østergaard, Anne Juul Grabmayr, Annam Pervez Sheikh, Astrid Marie Rolin Kragh, Sofie Kjærholm   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources