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. 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 Notfalldisponenten (EMDs) darauf geschult, die Hauptbeschwerde eines Anrufers zu identifizieren, wobei sie ein besonderes Augenmerk auf vier...
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: chest pain, alertness, breathing problems, and serious hemorrhaging. EMDs ask callers exactly...
Most United Kingdom (UK) ambulance services undertake remote clinical consultation of 999 emergency calls, often using computerised decision support systems, such as the Emergency Communication Nurse System (ECNS). In 2021 the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust implemented ECNS in a novel way. Both nurses and paramedics used the tool to assess the full range of Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System (AMPDS) codes and acuities. This study reports the ECNS outcomes of the full range of AMPDS codes, aiming to inform future discussion, protocol evolution, and clinical models internationally.