Symptom-Based Dispatching in an Emergency Medical Communication Centre: Sensitivity, Specificity, and the Area under the ROC Curve

Symptom-Based Dispatching in an Emergency Medical Communication Centre: Sensitivity, Specificity, and the Area under the ROC Curve

Background: Measuring the performance of emergency medical dispatch tools used in paramedic-staffed emergency medical communication centres (EMCCs) is rarely performed. The objectives of our study were, therefore, to measure the performance and accuracy of Geneva’s dispatch system based on symptom a...

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Main Authors: Robert Larribau, Victor Nathan Chappuis, Philippe Cottet, Simon Regard, Hélène Deham, Florent Guiche, François Pierre Sarasin, Marc Niquille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
emergency medical dispatch
communication centre
symptom
triage scale
criteria-based dispatch
paramedical
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/21/8254

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