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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   +12 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
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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   +10 more sources

Dispatch accuracy of physician-staffed emergency medical services in trauma care in south-east Norway: a retrospective observational study [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Selection of incidents and accurate identification of patients that require assistance from physician-staffed emergency medical services (P-EMS) remain essential.
Martin Samdal, Kjetil Thorsen, Ola Græsli, Mårten Sandberg, Marius Rehn   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The potential of new prediction models for emergency medical dispatch prioritisation of patients with chest pain: a cohort study. [PDF]

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 2022
Wibring K, Lingman M, Herlitz J, Bång A.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Outpatient care in acute and prehospital emergency medicine by emergency medical and patient transport service over a 10-year period: a retrospective study based on dispatch data from a German emergency medical dispatch centre (OFF-RESCUE). [PDF]

BMC Emerg Med, 2021
Schehadat MS, Scherer G, Groneberg DA, Kaps M, Bendels MHK.   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Emergency physician’s dispatch by a paramedic-staffed emergency medical communication centre: sensitivity, specificity and search for a reference standard [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Some emergency medical systems (EMS) use a dispatch centre where nurses or paramedics assess emergency calls and dispatch ambulances. Paramedics may also provide the first tier of care “in the field”, with the second tier being an Emergency ...
Victor Nathan Chappuis, Hélène Deham, Philippe Cottet, Birgit Andrea Gartner, François Pierre Sarasin, Marc Niquille, Laurent Suppan, Robert Larribau   +7 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Emergency medical dispatch services across Pan-Asian countries: a web-based survey. [PDF]

BMC Emerg Med, 2020
Lee SCL, Mao DR, Ng YY, Leong BS, Supasaovapak J, Gaerlan FJ, Son DN, Chia BY, Do Shin S, Lin CH, Rao GVR, Hara T, Ong MEH, PAROS Clinical Research Network.   +13 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

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

J Med Internet Res, 2022
Background Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is the most time-sensitive acute cardiac event that requires rapid dispatching and response. The medical priority dispatch system (MPDS), one of the most extensively used types of emergency dispatch systems, is ...
Dong X, Ding F, Zhou S, Ma J, Li N, Maimaitiming M, Xu Y, Guo Z, Jia S, Li C, Luo S, Bian H, Luobu G, Yuan Z, Shi H, Zheng ZJ, Jin Y, Huo Y.   +17 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Deep ensemble multitask classification of emergency medical call incidents combining multimodal data improves emergency medical dispatch [PDF]

Artif. Intell. Medicine, 2021
[EN] The objective of this work was to develop a predictive model to aid non-clinical dispatchers to classify emergency medical call incidents by their life-threatening level (yes/no), admissible response delay (undelayable, minutes, hours, days) and ...
Blanes-Selva, Vicent, Felix-De Castro, Antonio, Ferri-Borredà, Pablo, Garcia-Gomez, Juan M, Juan-Albarracín, Javier, Sáez Silvestre, Carlos, Sánchez-Cuesta, Purificación   +6 more
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