Comparison of Medical Priority Dispatch (MPD) and Criteria Based Dispatch (CBD) relating to cardiac arrest calls

Resuscitation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 612-616

  Hardeland, Camilla ^a,b   Olasveengen, Theresa M ^b   Lawrence, Rob ^c   Garrison, Danny ^c   Lorem, Tonje ^d   Farstad, Gunnar ^b   Wik, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Richmond Ambulance Authority   (United States)

^d Municipality of Skedsmo   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Criteria Based Dispatch; Dispatch; EMS; Medical Priority Dispatch; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIME; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CRITERIA BASED DISPATCH; EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRIORITY DISPATCH; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898429359     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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