Safety of Tiered-Dispatch for 911 Calls for Abdominal Pain

Introduction: Many dispatch systems send Advanced Life Support (ALS) resources to patients complaining of abdominal pain even though the majority of these incidents require only Basic Life Support (BLS). With increasing 911-call volume, resource utilization has become more important to ensure that A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tiffany M. Abramson, Stephen Sanko, Saman Kashani, Marc Eckstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2019-10-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6rp0750n