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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
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Medical dispatchers’ perception of the interaction with the caller during emergency calls - a qualitative study [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background Medical dispatching is a highly complex procedure and has an impact upon patient outcome. It includes call-taking and triage, prioritization of resources and the provision of guidance and instructions to callers.
Thea Palsgaard Møller +4 more
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Building a Machine Learning-based Ambulance Dispatch Triage Model for Emergency Medical Services
Health Data Science, 2023 Background In charge of dispatching the ambulances, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) call center specialists often have difficulty deciding the acuity of a case given the information they can gather within a limited time.
Han Wang +5 more
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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 +4 more
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Recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by medical dispatchers in emergency medical dispatch centres in two countries. [PDF]
Resuscitation, 2016 Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains low. Early recognition by emergency medical dispatchers is essential for an effective chain of actions, leading to early cardiopulmonary resuscitation, use of an automated external defibrillator and rapid dispatching of the emergency medical services.To analyse and compare the accuracy of ...
T. P. Møller +5 more
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Impact of an emergency medical dispatch system on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a population-based study. [PDF]
Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 2016 BackgroundIn countries where a single public emergency telephone number is not in operation, different emergency telephone numbers corresponding to multiple dispatch centres (police, fire, emergency medical service) may create confusion for the ...
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives Dispatching helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) to the patients with the greatest medical or logistical benefit remains challenging.
Andreas J Krüger +5 more
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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 +7 more
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Do emergency medical dispatchers choose the same response to serious injury in men and women – a qualitative study [PDF]
BMC Emergency MedicineBackground Recent research has indicated that sex is an important determinant of emergency medical response in patients with possible serious injuries. Men were found to receive more advanced prehospital treatment and more helicopter transportation and ...
Marlene Mellum +3 more
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