Why and when citizens call for emergency help: An observational study of 211,193 medical emergency calls

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Møller, Thea Palsgaard ^a   Ersbøll, Annette Kjær ^b   Tolstrup, Janne Schurmann ^b   Østergaard, Doris ^a   Viereck, Søren ^a   Overton, Jerry ^c   Folke, Fredrik ^a   Lippert, Freddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c International Academies of Emergency Dispatch   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency call; Emergency medical dispatching; Prehospital emergency care

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TIME FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

AMBULANCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84946720469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-015-0169-0     Document Type: Article

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