Isabel talks with Chuck Gipson, Quality and Education Manager for MEDIC EMS. They discuss how emergency dispatchers were instrumental in getting the prehospital stroke alert off the ground, the importance of getting a stroke patient help as soon as possible, and building trust between dispatch centers, paramedics, and hospitals...
IMPORTE-T-IL D'UTILISER L'OUTIL DIAGNOSTIC ? Oui ! Il fait gagner du temps et sauve le cerveau. Les AVC interrompent l'approvisionnement sanguin à une partie du cerveau via un blocage ou un saignement. Le délai de l'interruption d'approvisionnement causé par l'AVC détermine la gravité des lésions cérébrales causées. La restauration rapide de la circulation sanguine normale au cerveau est d'une importance critique, nécessitant une identification intelligente et une intervention rapide. Les Répartiteurs Médicaux d'Urgence (RMU) fournissent une identification intelligente en...
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...
Isabel talks with Bonni Stockman, the associate director of instructor services for IAED, and Jordan Sebresos, a senior instructional designer for Priority Dispatch. They discuss training needs in a dispatch center, the best methods for educating emergency dispatchers, and the qualities of a good instructor...
Isabel Gardett talks with EJ Hinterman, captain of the Draper City Fire Department, and Holly Downs, a training coordinator for Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center, about a metronome study they both recently participated in. They discuss the low percentage of bystanders who are comfortable with providing CPR, how to get people to perform CPR at the correct rate, and the value of emergency dispatchers and responders participating in research...
Isabel 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 secondary triage, the importance of studying low acuity calls, and how ECNS affects emergency dispatchers...
Isabel Gardett talks with Chris Knight, a member of the Police Council of Standards for the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED), and Meghan Broadbent, a research data analyst for IAED. They discuss how to balance data from research with police experience, the current trend of the public calling for more data collection regarding police, and the role of emergency dispatch in both...
Isabel talks with Ivan Whitaker, Medical Program Director for Priority Dispatch Corp. They discuss the need for protocols that deal specifically with inter-facility transfers, the importance of research-based evidence to justify an ambulance ride to insurance companies, and how the transfer protocol fits in with the Medical Priority Dispatch System...
Isabel talks with Marc Gay, one of the world's foremost experts on CPR and resuscitation. They discuss the levels of evidence for which resuscitation research qualifies, when to use ventilation first and when to use compressions first, and the future of dispatch-assisted CPR...
Isabel talks with Brett Patterson, the chair of the Medical Council of Standards for the IAED. They discuss the why and how of getting involved with research, what it means that a dispatch system is "evidence-based," and how to enact change to protocols using research...