TY - JOUR
T1 - Criteria Currently Used to Evaluate Dispatch Triage Systems
T2 - Where Do They Leave Us?
AU - Schmidt, Terri A.
AU - Cone, David C.
AU - Mann, N. Clay
N1 - Funding Information:
Presented in part at the Neely Conference, sponsored by the National Association of EMS Physicians, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Neely EMS Research Fund, January 15, 2003, Panama City Beach, Florida.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Some emergency medical services (EMS) systems are interested in considering the possibility of triaging some patients who call an emergency dispatch center to alternatives to the traditional emergency response, but concerns exist about the safety of that triage. In January 2003, the Neely Conference was held in association with the National Association of EMS Physicians annual meeting in Panama City, Florida. The Neely Conference began the process of developing criteria to be used in research studies evaluating dispatch and field triage systems. Various outcome measures have been used, including expert opinion, patient interviews, specific patient complaints, field findings and interventions, and emergency department or hospital outcomes. This commentary reviews the methods used in the current literature to evaluate dispatch triage systems.
AB - Some emergency medical services (EMS) systems are interested in considering the possibility of triaging some patients who call an emergency dispatch center to alternatives to the traditional emergency response, but concerns exist about the safety of that triage. In January 2003, the Neely Conference was held in association with the National Association of EMS Physicians annual meeting in Panama City, Florida. The Neely Conference began the process of developing criteria to be used in research studies evaluating dispatch and field triage systems. Various outcome measures have been used, including expert opinion, patient interviews, specific patient complaints, field findings and interventions, and emergency department or hospital outcomes. This commentary reviews the methods used in the current literature to evaluate dispatch triage systems.
KW - Dispatch
KW - Emergency medical services
KW - Triage
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U2 - 10.1016/j.prehos.2003.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.prehos.2003.12.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 15060845
AN - SCOPUS:16544361936
SN - 1090-3127
VL - 8
SP - 126
EP - 129
JO - Prehospital Emergency Care
JF - Prehospital Emergency Care
IS - 2
ER -