Dispatch accuracy of physician-staffed emergency medical services in trauma care in south-east Norway: a retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Selection of incidents and accurate identification of patients that require assistance from physician-staffed emergency medical services (P-EMS) remain essential. We aimed to evaluate P-EMS availability, the underlying criteria for dispatch, and the corresponding dispatch accuracy of trauma care in south-east Norway in 2015, to identify areas for improvement.

Methods

Pre-hospital data from emergency medical coordination centres and P-EMS medical databases were linked with data from the Norwegian Trauma Registry (NTR). Based on a set of conditions (injury severity, interventions performed, level of consciousness, incident category), trauma incidents were defined as complex, warranting P-EMS assistance, or non-complex. Incident complexity and P-EMS involvement were

SUBMITTER: Samdal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8650530 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature