Utilization of prehospital dispatch protocols to identify low-acuity patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-209

  Studnek, Jonathan R ^a   Thestrup, Lars ^b   Blackwell, Tom ^a   Bagwell, Barry ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical dispatch; emergency medical services; triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857889543     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.640415     Document Type: Article

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