Association between patient unconscious or not alert conditions and cardiac arrest or high-acuity outcomes within the medical priority dispatch system "falls" protocol

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-308

  Clawson, Jeff ^a   Olola, Christopher ^a,b   Scott, Greg ^a   Schultz, Bryon ^c   Pertgen, Richard ^d   Robinson, Don ^e   Bagwell, Barry ^e   Patterson, Brett ^a  

^a International Academies of Emergency Dispatch   (United States)

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

^c Medical Control Board Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^d Richmond Ambulance Authority   (United States)

^e Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

automated medical records system; cardiac arrest; dispatch outcomes; emergency medical services; falls; high acuity; patient outcome assessments; prehospital emergency care; unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRIAGE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 78049494614     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008232     Document Type: Article

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