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