The Impact of MPDS on Response Delay Time And Duration of Emergency Medical Calls
Andrea Furgani, MD, E. Lucchese, S. Esposito, S. Ferlito, G. Abregal, F. Ferrari, R. Sanna, S. Ruffoni, F. Bermano
Aug 01, 2016|AEDR 2016 Vol. 4 Issue 2|Research Posters
A fast response to an emergency call is one of the main objectives of an emergency medical communication center (EMCC). In 2011, a scripted logic-based dispatch protocol system, the Medical Priority Dispatch System™ (MPDS®), was implemented in the five Liguria Region EMCCs in Italy, to manage emergency medical calls. However, response delay time (RD) (i.e., time from when the call rings to when emergency medical dispatcher [EMD] picks it up) and duration of emergency call (DEC) (i.e., time from call pick up to when the call is closed)...