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Research Article

Utilization of Prehospital Dispatch Protocols to Identify Low-Acuity Patients

Jonathan R. StudnekFrom Carolinas Medical Center, The Center for Prehospital Medicine and Mecklenburg EMS Agency (a joint agency of Mecklenburg County, Carolinas Health Care System, and Presbyterian Health Care System) (JRS), Charlotte, North Carolina; Carolinas Medical Center and Presbyterian Healthcare System (LT), Charlotte, North Carolina; Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Center for Prehospital Medicine (TB), Charlotte, North Carolina; and The Mecklenburg EMS Agency (BB), Charlotte, North Carolina.Correspondence[email protected]
, PhD, NREMT-P,
Lars ThestrupFrom Carolinas Medical Center, The Center for Prehospital Medicine and Mecklenburg EMS Agency (a joint agency of Mecklenburg County, Carolinas Health Care System, and Presbyterian Health Care System) (JRS), Charlotte, North Carolina; Carolinas Medical Center and Presbyterian Healthcare System (LT), Charlotte, North Carolina; Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Center for Prehospital Medicine (TB), Charlotte, North Carolina; and The Mecklenburg EMS Agency (BB), Charlotte, North Carolina.
, MD,
Tom BlackwellFrom Carolinas Medical Center, The Center for Prehospital Medicine and Mecklenburg EMS Agency (a joint agency of Mecklenburg County, Carolinas Health Care System, and Presbyterian Health Care System) (JRS), Charlotte, North Carolina; Carolinas Medical Center and Presbyterian Healthcare System (LT), Charlotte, North Carolina; Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Center for Prehospital Medicine (TB), Charlotte, North Carolina; and The Mecklenburg EMS Agency (BB), Charlotte, North Carolina.
, MD &
Barry BagwellFrom Carolinas Medical Center, The Center for Prehospital Medicine and Mecklenburg EMS Agency (a joint agency of Mecklenburg County, Carolinas Health Care System, and Presbyterian Health Care System) (JRS), Charlotte, North Carolina; Carolinas Medical Center and Presbyterian Healthcare System (LT), Charlotte, North Carolina; Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Center for Prehospital Medicine (TB), Charlotte, North Carolina; and The Mecklenburg EMS Agency (BB), Charlotte, North Carolina.
, EMT-P
Pages 204-209 | Received 01 Aug 2011, Accepted 08 Nov 2011, Published online: 12 Jan 2012

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