Opioid overdoses remain a leading cause of preventable death. Early recognition, access to naloxone, and 9-1-1 activation are critical elements in the chain of survival.
To improve efficiency and prioritization of its 911 police calls, the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, implemented the Standardized, Protocol-based Police Priority Dispatch System (PPDS®) in its Emergency Communications Center (ECC) on March 1st, 2023. After a year of use, call-processing time and call-prioritization efficiency were compared to the previously used system.
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Most UK ambulance services undertake remote clinical consultation of 999 emergency calls.
There can be several barriers to performing effective CPR on patients who call 911 service for help. One of the most challenging barriers is repositioning a patient found by the caller in a prone position i.e., on his/her belly. Existing medical dispatch pre-arrival instructions (on Medical Priority Dispatch System [MPDS®] Protocols Panel C2) provide no specific scripted instructions for repositioning the patient from prone to supine.