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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 [PDF]

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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Features of Emergency Medical System calls that facilitate or inhibit Emergency Medical Dispatcher recognition that a patient is in, or at imminent risk of, cardiac arrest: A systematic mixed studies review [PDF]

Resuscitation Plus, 2021
Aim: To identify and appraise evidence relating to the features of an Emergency Medicine System call interaction that enable, or inhibit, an Emergency Medical Dispatcher’s recognition that a patient is in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, or at imminent ...
Kim Kirby, Sarah Voss, Emma Bird, Jonathan Benger   +3 more
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Live video from bystanders’ smartphones to medical dispatchers in real emergencies

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Medical dispatchers have limited information to assess the appropriate emergency response when citizens call the emergency number. We explored whether live video from bystanders’ smartphones changed emergency response and was beneficial for ...
Gitte Linderoth, Freddy Lippert, Doris Østergaard, Annette K. Ersbøll, Christian S. Meyhoff, Fredrik Folke, Helle C. Christensen   +6 more
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Dispatcher Performance and Prehospital Outcomes in Telephone-Assisted Airway Management following Foreign Body Obstruction: A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Prehospital care plays a crucial role in early recognition and timely management of foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO). This study aimed to identify factors associated with dispatcher performance and prehospital outcomes in the ...
Aida Jahangiri, Sina Valiee, Naser Kamyari, Salam Vatandost   +3 more
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Medical dispatchers’ perception of the interaction with the caller during emergency calls - a qualitative study

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, Hejdi Gamst Jensen, Søren Viereck, Freddy Lippert, Doris Østergaaard   +4 more
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Impact of early cardiac arrest recognition by emergency medical service dispatchers on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective population-based observational study [PDF]

International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Background Dispatch-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DACPR) improves out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes. However, there is no established gold standard for DACPR performance. This study aimed to investigate the association between time
Koji Yamamoto, Hirozumi Okuda, Arisa Kinoshita, Toru Osaki, Keisuke Tsuruta, Keita Miyazaki, Hideki Asai, Yasuyuki Kawai, Hidetada Fukushima   +8 more
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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
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Live video versus audio-only emergency calls in simulated emergency medical dispatch: a randomized mixed-methods study [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Dispatchers in emergency medical coordination centers face the challenge that bystanders can usually only provide verbal information during medical emergency calls. However, accurate information is crucial for dispatching appropriate resources.
Mario Krammel, Benedikt Degischer, Florian Kahlfuss, Josef Michael Lintschinger, Lena Reischmann, Mojca Hriberšek, Andreas Gleiss, Daniel Grassmann, Thomas Hamp, Alexander Lagara, Patrick Glaninger, Sebastian Schnaubelt, Christina Hafner   +12 more
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DispatchMAS: fusing taxonomy and artificial intelligence agents for emergency medical services [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Emergency medical dispatch is a critical, high-stakes process where dispatcher decisions directly impact patient outcomes. While standardized protocols exist, they are challenged by factors like caller distress, ambiguous symptom descriptions,
Xiang Li, Huizi Yu, Wenkong Wang, Yiran Wu, Jiayan Zhou, Wenyue Hua, Xinxin Lin, Wenjia Tan, Lexuan Zhu, Bingyi Chen, Guang Chen, Ming-Li Chen, Yang Zhou, Zhao Li, Themistocles L. Assimes, Yongfeng Zhang, Qingyun Wu, Xin Ma, Lingyao Li, Lizhou Fan   +19 more
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LiVE-STROKE: live video from bystander to the medical dispatcher in potential stroke cases [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Identification of stroke during an emergency call remains challenging. We aimed to explore performed stroke examination with prehospital live video transmission during an emergency call from a bystander’s smartphone to the medical dispatcher ...
E. Rischel, H. K. Iversen, H. Christensen, J. Wenstrup, H. C. Christensen, G. Linderoth   +5 more
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