RESEARCH, STUDIES, AND PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Studies and Science

• "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

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

• 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

• Dispatch Life Support—Establishing Standards That Work
• Infectious Disease Confidentiality—Quiet and Careful
• PAIs and Disease Risk
• National Academy Code of Ethics



Accreditation

• Medical Dispatch Site Evaluation and Needs Assessment for Comprehensive Implementation of the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) and National Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch (NAEMD) Accreditation Eligibility.



Medical Priority Dispatch System

• The Medical Priority Dispatch System—A System and Product Overview
• What is the MPDS™?
• What is ProQA™?
• The Wheel Reinvented—MPDS Version 11
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Found in the Principles of EMD Third Edition



Fire Studies and Information

• Fire Fighter Fatalities
• Bomb and Physical Security Planning
• Fire Dispatcher Role in Communications
• Hackensack Fire

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

History

• Congress Sets Aside 9-1-1 for Emergency Calls
• Fire Disasters
• History of Fire Fighting
• The Development of Emergency Medical Dispatch in the USA: A Historical Perspective