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The “unclear problem” category: an analysis of its patient and dispatch characteristics and its trend over time

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background An effective emergency medical dispatch process is vital to provide appropriate prehospital care to patients. It increases patient safety and ensures the sustainable use of medical resources.
Sterre Otten, Cassandra Rehbock, Thomas Krafft, Martin Vang Haugaard, Eva Pilot, Stig Nikolaj Blomberg, Helle Collatz Christensen   +6 more
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Investigation of the Effect of Ergonomic Intervention on Medical Emergency Announce Time of Dispatch in Alborz [PDF]

Muhandisī-i bihdāsht-i ḥirfah/ī, 2019
Background and Objective: Effective communication is an important factor in pre-hospital care. The emergency medical communication and dispatch center is one of the most stressful work environments in the healthcare domain so that it is essential to ...
Ali Taherinia, Yazdan MohsenZadeh, Seyed Akbar Mousavi Ghasemi, Jamshid Rahimi   +3 more
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Connect dispatch centers for call handling improves performance

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
The aim of this Letter to the Editor was to report a strategy to reduce time waiting for emergency calls in a dispatch center, in line with a recently published article that reviewed evidence for medical dispatching systems to accurately dispatch ...
Yann Penverne, Michel Terré, François Javaudin, Joël Jenvrin, Frédéric Berthier, Julien Labady, Brice Leclere, Emmanuel Montassier   +7 more
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Using trigger tools to identify triage errors by ambulance dispatch nurses in Sweden: an observational study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives This study aimed to assess whether trigger tools were useful identifying triage errors among patients referred to non-emergency care by emergency medical dispatch nurses, and to describe the characteristics of these patients.Design An ...
Ulrika Winblad, Douglas Spangler, Lennart Edmark, Jessica Colldén-Benneck, Helena Borg, Hans Blomberg   +5 more
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Dispatch accuracy of physician-staffed emergency medical services in trauma care in south-east Norway: a retrospective observational study

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
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17 Accuracy in emergency medical dispatch [PDF]

Abstracts, 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, L Kurland, M Castrén, K Olanders, K Bohm   +4 more
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Telephonic description of sepsis among callers to an emergency dispatch centre in South Africa

African Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Sepsis is an acute, life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated systemic response to infection. Early medical intervention such as antibiotics and fluid resuscitation can be life-saving.
Willem Stassen, PhD, Eric Larsson, Courtney Wood, Lisa Kurland   +3 more
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Emergency medical dispatcher training as a strategy to improve pre-hospital care in low- and middle-income countries: the case study of Nepal

International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) often face significant challenges related to providing effective pre-hospital care services. Barriers to providing care include lack of financial resources, poor road infrastructure, lack of trained ...
Claire L. Jacobson, Samjhana Basnet, Ajay Bhatt, Shreejesh Parajuli, Sanu Krishna Shrestha   +4 more
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Nine golden codes: improving the accuracy of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch—a retrospective, multi-organisational study in the East of England

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are a limited and expensive resource, and should be intelligently tasked. HEMS dispatch was identified as a key research priority in 2011, with a call to identify a ‘general set of criteria with the
Christopher T. Edmunds, Kate Lachowycz, Sarah McLachlan, Andrew Downes, Andrew Smith, Rob Major, Edward B. G. Barnard   +6 more
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To Evaluate Quality of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Performed At Scene and During Transport After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Crossover Trial

The Journal of Medicine, Law & Public Health
Background: High-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is essential to improve survival rates in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Previous research suggests that the quality of CPR may decline during ambulance transport.
Maya Almutairi, Rahaf Margushi, Shahad Alotaibi, Khadijah Banjar, Adel Alanazi, Sharafaldeen Bin Nafisah, Bandr Mzahim   +6 more
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