Can first responders be sent to selected 9-1-1 emergency medical services calls without an ambulance?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-346

  Key, Craig B ^a,b,f   Pepe, Paul E ^c,d   Persse, David E ^b,e,f   Calderon, Darrell ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Dallas Area Biotel (EMS) System   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Ambulance; Defibrillation; Dispatch; Emergency medical services; Emergency medical technician; EMS; EMT; First responder; Medical priority; Tiered; Traffic; Triage

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SALBUTAMOL;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE FIGHTER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THORAX PAIN;

AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; TRIAGE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0037389420     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.4.339     Document Type: Article

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