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A systematic review of the evidence supporting the use of priority dispatch of emergency ambulances.
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There is very little evidence to support the effect of the prioritization of emergency ambulances on patient outcome, and two high-quality papers support the concept that criteria-based dispatch improves clinical outcome.About:
This article is published in Prehospital Emergency Care.The article was published on 2002-01-01. It has received 51 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Systematic review & Triage.read more
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A descriptive analysis of emergency medical service systems participating in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (ROC) network
Daniel P. Davis,Lisa A. Garberson,Douglas L. Andrusiek,David Hostler,Mohamud Daya,Ronald G. Pirrallo,Alan M. Craig,Shannon W. Stephens,Jonathan Larsen,Alexander F. Drum,Raymond L. Fowler,Myron L. Weisfeldt,Joseph P. Ornato,David B. Hoyt,John B. Holcomb +14 more
TL;DR: Differences in EMS system characteristics between ROC sites were observed with multiple intriguing patterns, and the framework used in this analysis may serve as a template for future EMS research.
Report to the National Co-ordinating Centre for NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R & D (NCCSDO)
Matthew Cooke,Joanne D. Fisher,Jeremy Dale,Eileen McLeod,Ala Szczepura,Paul Walley,Sue Wilson +6 more
Reducing attendances and waits in emergency departments : a systematic review of present innovations
Matthew Cooke,Joanne D. Fisher,Jeremy Dale,Eileen McLeod,Ala Szczepura,Paul Walley,Sue Wilson +6 more
TL;DR: There have been no reviews of the literature to inform the present changes to reduce waits and the staffing, resources and systems within the emergency department are key to providing high quality timely care.
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Sensitivity and specificity of the medical priority dispatch system in detecting cardiac arrest emergency calls in Melbourne.
TL;DR: Although the system correctly identified 76.7% of cardiac arrest cases, the number of false negatives suggests that there is room for improvement in recognition by MPDS to maximize chances for survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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Comparison of the Medical Priority Dispatch System to an Out-of-hospital Patient Acuity Score
Michael J. Feldman,P. Richard Verbeek,David G. Lyons,Sandra J. Chad,Alan M. Craig,Brian Schwartz +5 more
TL;DR: The Medical Priority Dispatch System exhibits at least moderate sensitivity and specificity for detecting high acuity of illness or injury and may be used to identify target protocols for future improvements.
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Incidence of agonal respirations in sudden cardiac arrest.
TL;DR: There is a high incidence of agonal activity associated with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and presence of Agonal respirations is associated with increased survival.
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Dispatcher-assisted telephone CPR: Common delays and time standards for delivery
TL;DR: In a metropolitan emergency medical services system, a dispatcher-assisted telephone CPR program was associated with an increase in bystander CPR and delays in proper delivery of telephone CPR can be minimized through training.
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Review of the usefulness of contacting other experts when conducting a literature search for systematic reviews
Richard J McManus,Scott Wilson,Brendan Delaney,David Fitzmaurice,Chris Hyde,R S Tobias,Sue Jowett,F. D. R. Hobbs +7 more
TL;DR: The usefulness of contacting other experts when searching for relevant references for a systematic review of a field where such a specialist focus does not exist is examined.
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Emergency CPR instruction via telephone.
Mickey S. Eisenberg,Alfred P. Hallstrom,William B. Carter,R O Cummins,Lawrence Bergner,J Pierce +5 more
TL;DR: A program of telephone CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) instruction provided by emergency dispatchers to increase the percentage of bystander-initiated CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in King County, Washington found that four lives may have been saved.
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An investigation of the adequacy of MEDLINE searches for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the effects of mental health care.
TL;DR: Systematic reviews of mental health care which are based solely on MEDLINE searches of the literature will miss a large proportion of the relevant RCTs, and are thus liable to random error and bias.