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A. Owen

SO WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?: LOCATION IDENTIFICATION IN NORTH WALES

A. Owen, G. Owen, L. Dykes, MD

Mar 01, 2014|AEDR 2014 Vol. 2 Issue 1|Poster Abstracts

Unlike calls from landline telephones, mobile phones do not provide EMS call handlers with a full address, and positional estimates from mobile phone signals can have a margin of error of up to 3000m (approx. 9900 feet) in rural areas. We noticed that mountain casualties attending our Emergency Department in North Wales often struggle to pronounce Welsh-language place names. We wished to determine whether the ability of 999 callers to accurately pronounce (or describe) their location within Snowdonia National Park affected the efficiency with which their location...

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