Topic: Low acuity calls

Care in Place with Dr. Karen Abrashkin

Mar 19, 2019 | ,

https//media.blubrry.com/aedr_podcast/p/content.blubrry.com/aedr_podcast/Episode42-2019-01-18-KarenAbrashkin_mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:55 — 32.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreIsabel talks with Dr. Karen Abrashkin, Medical Director of the House Calls Program and the Clinical Call Center for Northwell Health. They discuss how the House Calls Program works, the benefits of aging in place, and the...

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People Helping People with Jerry Overton

Dec 11, 2018 | ,

https//media.blubrry.com/aedr_podcast/p/content.blubrry.com/aedr_podcast/Episode32-2018-08-30-Jerry-Overton_mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 33:29 — 30.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreIsabel talks with Jerry Overton, President of the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. They discuss the importance of studying low acuity calls, the role of an IRB in research, and IAED’s focus for the future....

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The Heart of the Matter with Dr. Chris Olola

Jun 12, 2018 | ,

https//media.blubrry.com/aedr_podcast/p/content.blubrry.com/aedr_podcast/Episode20-2018-06-01-Chris-Olola_mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:48 — 34.1MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreIsabel talks with Dr. Chris Olola, the director of research and biomedical informatics at the IAED. They discuss the role of emergency dispatch in patient care, heart attacks coded as ALPHA at dispatch, and the future of the...

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Können EMDs mithilfe des MPDS auf sichere Weise Krankheiten und Verletzungen mit niedriger Dringlichkeit erkennen?

Dec 21, 2017 | ,

KÖNNEN EMDs MITHILFE DES MPDS AUF SICHERE WEISE KRANKHEITEN UND VERLETZUNGEN MIT NIEDRIGER DRINGLICHKEIT ERKENNEN? Ja! Indem Fragen wortwörtlich und in der richtigen Reihenfolge gestellt werden. Zur Feststellung entwickelt Krankheiten und Verletzungen können eine niedrigere Dringlichkeit aufweisen. Das Medical Priority Dispatch System™ (MPDS®) priorisiert die Disposition aufgrund der Dringlichkeit einer Krankheit oder Verletzung. Um das System nutzen zu können, werden medizinische...

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Can EMDs Using MPDS Safely Identify Low-Acuity Illness and Injury?

Dec 7, 2017 | ,

CAN EMDs USING MPDS SAFELY IDENTIFY LOW-ACUITY ILLNESS AND INJURY? Yes! By asking questions in order and as written. Designed to Determine Low-acuity illness and injury are non-urgent medical conditions and symptoms. The Medical Priority Dispatch System™ (MPDS®) prioritizes emergency dispatch by illness and injury acuity. In order to use the system, Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMDs) are trained to identify a caller’s Chief Complaint, with particular attention to four priority symptoms:...

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Whose Triage Is It Anyway? with Dr. Conrad Fivaz and Gigi Marshall Knight

Oct 31, 2017 | ,

https//media.blubrry.com/aedr_podcast/p/content.blubrry.com/aedr_podcast/Episode05-2017-09-29-Gigi_Marhall_and_Conrad_Fivaz_mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:23 — 37.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | MoreIsabel talks with Dr. Conrad Fivaz, the clinical director of Priority Solutions, and Gigi Marshall Knight, Emergency Communication Nurse System (ECNS) program administrator. They discuss the goals of...

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The Distribution of Recommended Care Level Classification by Time of Day within the Emergency Communication Nurse System

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Aug 1, 2015 | , ,

Research has shown that two-thirds of emergency visits occur after business hours (weekdays 9am – 5pm). Therefore, identifying primary healthcare providers available after business hours is one strategy for improving appropriate access to healthcare services. Previous studies have also shown a high and steady volume of secondary triage-eligible calls throughout the day and into the evening. However, because the Emergency Communication Nurse (ECN) performing the secondary...

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Assessing Call Demand and Utilization of a Secondary Triage Emergency Communication Nurse System for Low Acuity Calls Transferred from an Emergency Dispatch System

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Aug 1, 2015 | , ,

Telephone nurse triage at the 9-1-1 dispatch point is relatively new in the United States despite its ability to significantly reduce expensive and scarce Emergency Medical Services (EMS) resource use and emergency department visits. A previous study investigated the distribution of 9-1-1-triaged call incident types within the Emergency Communications Nurse System (ECNS) and found that 9-1-1 triage systems yielded a variety of low acuity complaints that were handled by the...

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