Abstract
Implementing a nationwide criteria-based emergency medical dispatch system: a register-based follow-up study
Highlights
The organization of prehospital care in Denmark has recently been fundamentally revised
In total we identified 99,855 contacts to the emergency medical communication centers (EMCCs) via the 112 alarm number. 67,135 had information registered sufficiently for further investigation. 51.4% was assessed as acuity level A, 46.3% as B, 2.1% as C, 0.2% as D
The majority of patients were assessed as acuity level A or B according to the Danish Index for Acute Care
Summary
Implementing a nationwide criteria-based emergency medical dispatch system: a register-based follow-up study. Mikkel S Andersen1,2*, Søren Paaske Johnsen, Jan Nørtved Sørensen, Søren Bruun Jepsen, Jesper Bjerring Hansen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen. From Proceedings of the 5th Danish Emergency Medicine Conference Aarhus, Denmark. From Proceedings of the 5th Danish Emergency Medicine Conference Aarhus, Denmark. 18-19 April 2013
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