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

open access: yesScand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 2018
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 dispatched to the paediatric emergencies.We performed a retrospective, observational study on paediatric medical ...
Andersen K   +3 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Benchmarking online dispatch algorithms for Emergency Medical Services [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Operational Research, 2017
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R D Van Der Mei
exaly   +3 more sources

Situation awareness in emergency medical dispatch [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2004
Situation awareness, and how systems can be designed to support it appropriately, have been a focus of study in dynamic, safety critical contexts such as aviation. The work reported here extends the study of situation awareness into the domain of emergency medical dispatch (EMD).
Ann Blandford, B. L. William Wong
openaire   +2 more sources

Science of Emergency Medical Dispatch [PDF]

open access: yesCirculation, 2009
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOH-CA) claims the lives of almost 300 000 Americans each year,1 a loss of life equivalent to that caused by a September 11 World Trade Center attack on the United States every 3 days! Despite advances in public education on recognition of cardiac arrest, early notification of emergency medical services (EMS) 9-1-1 ...
openaire   +1 more source

17 Accuracy in emergency medical dispatch [PDF]

open access: yesAbstracts, 2017
Aim To compare the accuracy in priority level between two Swedish dispatching protocols – Medical Index, the criteria based protocol currently in use, and the newly developed Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment System – Alarm (RETTS-A). Methods A randomised controlled non blinded simulation study was performed at the EMCC in Stockholm, Sweden ...
K Torlén   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

EMERGENCIES IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL DISPATCHING IN POLAND. CHALLENGES IN THE COOPERATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TEAMS WITH MEDICAL DISPATCHERS

open access: yesArchiv Euromedica
The article presents the organization of The State Emergency Medical System in Poland in terms of the operation of the medical dispensaries. Particular attention was paid to the cooperation of medical dispatch centers with Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) in the realities and circumstances of unexpected events.
Michał Borowczyk   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

An Overview of Shiraz Emergency Medical Services, Dispatch to Treatment [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Red Crescent Medical Journal, 2013
Advanced ambulance service (Emergency Medical Services/EMS) is considered to be an integral part of emergency medical care as the first assets responding to emergencies and disasters in the prehospital setting in most developed countries.The aim of this study was to evaluate the current situation of Shiraz's EMS by comparing data obtained during two ...
Peyravi, Mahmoudreza   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Optimizing an Emergency Medical Dispatch System to Improve Prehospital Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Nationwide Retrospective Study in China. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Med Internet Res, 2022
Dong X   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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