Medical emergency motorcycle – is it useful in a Scandinavian Emergency Medical Service?

The purpose of the study was to present the characteristics of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) and Emergency Medical Service (EMS) interventions concerning newborns in Poland. The study involved a retrospective analysis of missions by Polish Medical Air Rescue crews concerning newborns, carried out in Poland between January 2011 and December 2020. Polish Medical Air Rescue crews were most commonly dispatched to urban areas (86.83%), for patient transfer (59.67%), using an airplane (65.43%), between 7 AM and 6:59 PM (93.14%), and in the summer (28.67%). Further management involved handing over the neonatal patient to a ground neonatal ambulance team. Most of the patients studied were male (58.02%), and the most common diagnosis requiring the HEMS or EMS intervention was a congenital heart defect (31.41%). The most common medical emergency procedure performed by Polish Medical Air Rescue crew members for the neonatal patients was intravenous cannulation (43.07%). The odds ratio for congenital malformations was higher in male newborns. The type of Polish Medical Air Rescue mission was associated with the location of the call, time of the call, ICD-10 diagnosis associated with the dispatch, selected clinical findings, most commonly performed medical emergency procedures, and mission duration and distance covered.

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“Medical Miranda”—Improved Emergency Medical Dispatch Information From Police Officers

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine ◽

10.1017/s1049023x00027345 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 61-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jeff J. Clawson ◽

Bob Sinclair

Keyword(s):

Emergency Medical Service ◽

Police Officers ◽

Medical Service ◽

Low Cost ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Medical Emergency ◽

Emergency Medical Dispatch ◽

Emergency Medical ◽

Emergency Medical Dispatcher ◽

Communication Center

AbstractIntroduction:Medical Miranda, also called Secondary Emergency Notification of Dispatch (Secondary Emergency Notification of Dispatch), is a low cost, effective, and welcome addition to emergency medical dispatching systems. The benefits are recognized by emergency medical dispatchers who receive feeder calls from associated public safety agencies that have trained both their field staff and call-takers in the Medical Miranda protocol.Hypothesis:The dispatchers would be more satisfied with feeder agencies that used the Secondary Emergency Notification of Dispatch protocol.Methods:A survey was conducted and analyzed, taking advantage of a situation in which two agencies (one used Secondary Emergency Notifi-cation of Dispatch) fed calls to the same communication center.Results:Dispatchers were more satisfied with the information gained from the feeder agency that used the Secondary Emergency Notification of Dispatch protocol and believed that the officers and dispatchers of that agency had afar better understanding of the emergency medical dispatcher's needs.Conclusions:When the emergency medical dispatcher does not talk directly with the reporting scene personnel or caller, Medical Miranda increases the usefulness of the information the dispatcher receives, helps the dispatcher better understand the reported medical emergency, and improves response appropriateness in emergency medical service (Emergency Medical Service) systems where responses routinely are prioritized.

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