COVID-19 Preliminary Case Series: Characteristics of EMS Encounters with Linked Hospital Diagnoses.

Antonio R FernandezRemle P CroweScott BournSarah E MattAndrew L BrownAndrew B HawthornJ Brent Myers

Published in: Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors (2020)

In this large sample of prehospital encounters, EMS COVID-19 suspicion demonstrated sensitivity of 78% and positive predictive value of 20% compared with hospital ICD-10 codes. These data indicate that EMS suspicion alone is insufficient to determine appropriate utilization of PPE.

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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
machine learning