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Bryon Schultz, NRP, EDQ-I, EMD-I

Predictability of Poor Patient Outcomes for Adult New-Onset Seizures Using the Medical Priority Dispatch System

Rich Lindfors, EDQ, EMD-I, Bryon Schultz, NRP, EDQ-I, EMD-I, Gregory Scott, MBA, EDQ, Christopher Olola, PhD

May 02, 2023|Research Posters

Studies suggest cardiac arrest risk associated with abnormal seizure-like activity increases with age, particularly in patients aged 35 or over. To account for this increased risk, there may be a need to add a new MPDS determinant code with a higher priority designation—probably one at the DELTA level.

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Case Study: Cardiac Arrest After a Seizure

Bryon Schultz, NRP, EDQ-I, EMD-I

Feb 13, 2024|AEDR 2024 Vol. 12 Issue 1|Case Study

The following case is a medical emergency call handled by a large metropolitan emergency medical service (EMS) agency. This agency handles over 12,000 emergency and non-emergency ambulance calls per month in an area over 270 square miles, with a population of around 500,000.The emergency medical dispatcher (EMD) used the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS®) version 13.3 (NAE) to handle this call.

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