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  • Title: Impact of an emergency medical dispatch system on survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a population-based study.
    Author: Ageron FX, Debaty G, Gayet-Ageron A, Belle L, Gaillard A, Monnet MF, Bare S, Richard JC, Danel V, Perfus JP, Savary D.
    Journal: Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med; 2016 Apr 22; 24():53. PubMed ID: 27103151.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: In countries where a single public emergency telephone number is not in operation, different emergency telephone numbers corresponding to multiple dispatch centres (police, fire, emergency medical service) may create confusion for the population about the most appropriate service to call. In particular, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) requires a prompt and effective response. We compare two different dispatch systems on OHCA patient survival at 30 days in a national system with multiple emergency telephone numbers. METHODS: We conducted an observational retrospective study of 6871 patients aged 18 years or older with presumed OHCA of cardiac origin between 2005 and 2013 in three counties of the Northern French Alps region. One county had a single dispatch centre combining medical and fire emergencies, and two had multiple dispatch centres. Propensity score matching analyses were performed to compare patient survival at 30 days. RESULTS: A total of 2257 emergency calls for OHCA were managed by a single dispatch centre and 4614 by a multiple dispatch centre. A single dispatch centre was associated with an increase in survival (adjusted odds ratio [OR] for all patients: 1.7; 95 % confidence interval [CI] = 1.3-2.2; p <0.001; adjusted OR for propensity-matched patients: 2.0; 95 % CI = 1.2-3.4; p = 0.012). CONCLUSIONS: A single dispatch centre was associated with a markedly improved increase of survival among OHCA patients at 30 days in a system with several emergency telephone numbers.
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