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EMD Coding vs Primary Impression

Jessica Hutchens, EMD-Q/EFD-Q/EPD-Q, Jeff Hutchens, EMT-P, EMD-I, EFD-I, ETC-I

Aug 04, 2021|Research Posters

In emergency dispatching, providers often arrive and find a situation completely different from the EMD Coding. Guilford County Emergency Services recently added BLS units to our fleet and wanted to match determinant codes to the correct responses to allow the ALS level providers to be available for higher priority calls. We looked at the on-scene primary impression recorded by the provider as well as the level of service.

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Can EMDs Using MPDS Safely Identify Low-Acuity Illness and Injury?

AEDR Editorial Team

Dec 07, 2017|Research Briefs

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...

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