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Defining Appropriate Responses in a Tiered System

High Performance EMS

Some computer-aided dispatch (CAD) software did better than others by considering the average travel time of an actual route instead of allowing nearness to be determined by a straight-line distance. Today, we have many more decision constraints that complicate the assignment process.

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(Q4/2024) ESO Updates: Quarterly Product Enhancements

ESO

Were making the jump to general availability (GA) and adding new features such as CAD and Cardiac Monitor integrations, Longitudinal Record (LR), and Mobile-to-Mobile functionality. This basic version will not include auto-import configuration, and integrations with CAD and EHR will not be added until upcoming releases in 2025.

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"Call HazMat Before Opening"

FOAMfrat

CAD notes indicate that the caller was walking in the park and came across a vehicle in the far corner of the parking lot. The ability to mix and match chemicals that are toxic and/or fatal is expansive, and in todays information age, its unfortunately at everyones fingertips. Chemical Assisted Suicide: Reponder Information.

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Embracing Change: The Transition to NERIS For Incident Reporting

NVFC

However, in a data-driven world, it is imperative that fire and EMS organizations have timely and accurate information at their fingertips. This information allows fire departments to properly allocate resources, understand their community’s risk, and assess the performance of response units.

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An 80 year old woman with Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB) and pleuritic chest pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient presented to an outside hospital An 80yo female per triage “patient presents with chest pain, also hurts to breathe” PMH: CAD, s/p stent placement, CHF, atrial fibrillation, pacemaker (placed 1 month earlier), LBBB. This case was sent by Amandeep (Deep) Singh at Highland Hospital, part of Alameda Health System.

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Still on Track: NERIS Beta Launch and Latest Developments

ESO

The National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS) is on track! F ire A dministration hosted their fourth informational webinar , NERIS Next Steps: Beta Launch, API Development, and Secondary Schema Release , to update departments on the current progress with NERIS and the anticipated timeline over the next three years.

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Jennifer McIntyre

FirstNet Authority

In 2002, Jennifer transitioned to the Broomfield Police Department in Colorado where she dispatched and served as an Emergency Medical Coordinator, Communications Training Officer, Public Education Coordinator, and Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) Project Lead.