Research, Studies, and Published Articles
Studies and Science
- "Medical Miranda" - Improved Emergency Medical Dispatch Information From Police Officers
- Science of EMD Editorial in Circulation
- Fall vs. Collapse: A Dilemma Decision-making
- Reduce Inappropriate Scene Responses
- "Hands-Only" CPR - Academy Statement
- Without Minutes To Spare. Call processing time should reflect nature of the crisis (PDF)
- Low Acuity EMS Dispatch Criteria Can Reliably Identify Patients without High-Acuity Illness or Injury
- Response to Lancet Report
- Modified Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Instruction Protocols for Emergency Medical Dispatchers: Rationale and Recommendations
- NEW AHA/ERC/ILCOR CPR Guidelines English | French | German | Italian
- Does the use of the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System affect cardiac arrest detection?
- Effect of a Comprehensive Quality Management Process on Compliance With Protocol in an Emergency Medical Dispatch Center
- Ability of a Priority Dispatch System to Respond Appropriately to Victims of Cardiac Arrest
- Medical Miranda-Extending Priority Dispatching
- Computer-Aided EMS Priority Dispatch: Ability of a computerized Triage System to Safely Spare Paramedics From Response Not Requiring Advance Life Support
- Response Level Determinants Derived from 911 Callers vs. On-scene Paramedics
- The Use of Priority Medical Dispatch to Distinguish Between High- and Low-Risk Patients
- The Development of Emergency Medical Dispatch in the USA: A Historical Perspective
- Triage by Emergency Medical Dispatchers
- Emotional Content and Cooperation Score in EMD (pdf)
- The Wake Effect-Emergency Vehicle Related Collissions
- Estimated Cost-Effectiveness of Dispatcher CPR Instruction via Telephone to Bystanders During Out-of-Hospital Ventricular Fibrillation
- The DNA of Dispatch-The reasons for a unified medical dispatch protocol
- The MPDS and Medical-Legal Danger Zones
- Quality Assurance: A Priority For Medical Dispatch
- Protocols vs. Guidelines-Choosing a Medical Dispatch Program
- Dispatch Disasters
- Liability -Is EMS Putting You Out On a Limb?
- "Can't You Tell Me What to Do?!"
- Please... Don't Ask Permission!!
- Adult Basic Life Support
- Letter to Aurora, CO Fire Department from James O. Page on PAI and Phone CPR Liability
- Predicting Survival for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests
- Verdicts Spotlight Dispatch Problems
- Emergency Medical Dispatch - Rapid Identification and Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infraction
Questions & Answers: Aspirin Administration at Dispatch
- Benefit of pre-arrival administration of aspirin
- Data proof of dispatch aspirin administration success?
- Medical directors disagree
- Customization of the aspirin protocol
- Liability concern
- Caller is a clinic nurse
- Callers in public places
- Speaking to the patient
- Potential PDI advice inconsistency
- Age cutoff of 16 versus 35 (the lower limit of the cardiac age range)
- Alertness issue
- Caller doesn't know the answers
- Unknown allergy status
- Assuming "not allergic" if the patient is already taking aspirin
- Order of the aspirin-qualifying questions
- First-party callers locating aspirin in their home
- Sending someone to the neighbors to retrieve aspirin
- Evidence for correct dose of aspirin at dispatch
- Patient who has recently taken aspirin
- Aspirin resistance issue
- Aspirin medications containing more than 325 mg
- Low dose versus baby aspirin
- Coated versus regular aspirin
- Inclusion of Bufferin™ brand in the questions
- Aspirin medications containing caffeine
- Aspirin medications also containing acetaminophen/ paracetamol
- Patient is already on warfarin (Coumadin®)
- Chew and swallow versus just swallowing
- Washing down the chewed aspirin with water
- Responder notification that qualified patient did not take aspirin
Certified Dispatch, Protocol, Info & Impact
- Priority Medical Dispatch Is the Standard of Care
- First Party Gone-On-Arrival A New Danger Zone in Dispatch
- Emergency Medical Services-EMS dispatch and response
- Priority System relays emergency instructions before ambulance arrives
- Dispatch Priority Training-Strengthening the weak link
- The Hysteria Threshold-Gaining Control of the Emergency Caller
- The Politics of Emergency Medical Dispatch
- Before You Call 911-Is this emergency number the lifesaver it should be?
- Call Screening in Dallas-Triage with Care
- Medical Priority Dispatch-It Works!!
- The EMD as a Medical Professional
- Life and Death
- Lives on the Line
- Taking a Safer Approach to Rescue Dispatch
- Key Components of Best Practice Dispatching
- Is the AMPDS an Unnecessary Burden?
- Making the Most of EMS
- Illinois Training Endorsement Letter
- Importance of Accurate Address Assignment
- Manhunt! Improved AED Response helping Police
- Ranking Dispatch Calls Could Save Lives
- Computerized System Offers Warning of Bioterror Attack
- Dispatch Protocol Systems, The Good the Bad and the Ugly
- Community Early Defibrillation (pdf)
- Emergency Medical Dispatching (pdf)
Ambulance Accidents, Lights & Sirens
- Is Ambulance Transport Time With Lights and Siren Faster Than That Without?
- Above All-Do No Harm
- The Wake Effect-Emergency Vehicle-Related Collisions
- The Maximal Response Disease-"Red Lights and Siren" Syndrome in Priority Dispatching
- Lights, Sirens and Liability
- Lights and Siren: A Review of Emergency Vehicle Warning Systems
- Dispelling Myths on Ambulance Accidents
- Patient Outcome Using Medical Protocol to Limit "Lights and Siren" Transport
- Running "HOT" and the case of Sharron Rose
- Use of Warning Lights and Siren in Emergency Medical Vehicle Response and Patient Transport
- What a Waste When the System Fails
- The Red-Light-and-Siren Response-"Do we need it as much as we use it?"
- Tire Focus of Ambulance Crash Investigation
- Ambulance Driver Fatigue a Danger
- Ambulance Trips Put Lives At Risk
- Standards Overhaul is a low Priority
- Student Killed When Car Hits Ambulance
- Unnecessary Lights-and-Siren Use: A Public Health Hazard
- Montgomery County Fire Rescue Crashes Rise
- Emergency Vehicles in collisions
- Texas Fire Wreck
- Connecticut Ambulance Crash
News and Incidents
- Born to Run Early
- Newly Trained EMD Saves Baby
- Overcorrection Leads to Death
- Indiana Death, Tanker Truck Rollover
- Portland Tradgedy
- Rochester Rescue
- Montgomery County has New Fire Dispatch Protocol
- Dispatcher's cool head helps save boy's life
- 6-year-old demonstrates calm during call to 911 dispatcher
- Local Dispatcher Delivers Baby at Home
- Destiny Arrives Via Special Delivery
- EMD Instructions Save a Toddlers Life
- Operators Calm Helps Capture Burglar, Saves Lives
- Hit-and-Run Death at scene
- Layton Mom says thanks to dispatcher
Position Papers
- MPDS Stroke Diagnostic Tool Use and Rationale - Official Academy Position Statement
- Using EMD for Acute Stroke Identification - Official Academy Position Statement
- Regulations and Standards for Emergency Medical Dispatchers: A Model for State of Region
- Position Paper: Emergency Medical Dispatching National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians
- Resolutions, 1994 annual meeting, National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Directors
- Standard Practice for Emergency Medical Dispatch Management
- Emergency Medical Dispatching for Children
Academy
Medical Priority Dispatch System
Fire Studies and Information
Legal & Liability
- Risky Business
- Davis vs. Messer
- LA Cellular Lawsuit
- The MPDS and Medical-Legal Danger Zones
- Dispatch Disasters
- Liability -Is EMS Putting You Out On a Limb?
- Letter to Aurora, CO Fire Department from James O. Page on PAI and Phone CPR Liability
- Verdicts Spotlight Dispatch Problems
- Above All-Do No Harm
- Lights, Sirens and Liability
- What a Waste When the System Fails
- Unnecessary Lights-and-Siren Use: A Public Health Hazard
