Effect of a Medical Priority Dispatch System key question addition in the seizure/convulsion/fitting protocol to improve recognition of ineffective (agonal) breathing

Resuscitation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Clawson, Jeff ^a   Olola, Christopher ^a,c   Scott, Greg ^a   Heward, Andy ^b   Patterson, Brett ^a  

^a International Academies of Emergency Dispatch   (United States)

^b LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity determination; Agonal breathing; Anoxic arrest seizures; Cardiac arrest; Convulsion protocol; Emergency medical dispatch; Emergency medical services; Fitting protocol; Ineffective breathing; Medical Priority Dispatch System; Seizure protocol

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHER; HEART ARREST; MEDICAL PRIORITY DISPATCH SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TRIAGE;

EID: 54049109207     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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