9-1-1 Activations from Ambulatory Care Centers: A Sicker Pediatric Population.
Theodore W HeymingChloe Knudsen-RobbinsShelby K SheltonPhung K PhamShelley BrukmanMaxwell WickensBrooke ValdezKellie BaconJonathan ThorpeKenneth T KwonCarl SchultzPublished in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2023)
This study demonstrates that pediatric patients transferred via EMS after activation of the 9-1-1 system from UC and medical offices are more acutely ill than the general pediatric ED population and are likely sicker than the general pediatric EMS population. Paramedics appear to be making appropriate level-of-care transport decisions.