Telephone triage of cardiac emergency calls by dispatchers: a prospective study of 1386 emergency calls.
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Telephone triage of cardiac emergency calls by dispatchers: a prospective study of 1386 emergency calls.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the handling of potential cardiac emergency calls by dispatchers, to determine their final diagnosis and urgency, and to determine the value of the main complaint in predicting urgency and the ability of the dispatchers to recognise non-urgent conditions. DESIGN Prospective data collection and recording of main complaint of emergency calls placed via the 06-11 alarm tel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.71.5.440