High Performance EMS
JULY 14, 2025
Not just a dispatch decision, but a potentially career-defining choice between the safety of an automated recommendation given by CAD that is overly simplistic versus the risk of making a bold decision to better utilize scarce resources toward a better result. Dispatch and deployment is sometimes described as more “ art ” than “ science.”
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MAY 28, 2024
She r eports mild dyspnea and persistent fatigue In the ambulance, saturations were 100% on 2 liters with normal BP and pulse. Multivessel CAD 2. She was found to have a hs-cTnI of approximately 7000 ng/L. She was transferred and on arrival, she denies chest pain. The calculated post stress ejection fraction is 44%.
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High Performance EMS
AUGUST 9, 2024
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. If available, the supervisor is added to effectively create an ALS transport ambulance.
High Performance EMS
JANUARY 26, 2021
Your existing historical CAD records contain the necessary information to build such dynamic views in real-time. The existence of identifiable causes explains the ability to properly forecast the vicinity of calls in addition to their timing.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JUNE 20, 2020
A 75 yo with h/o CAD, CABG, and HFrEF presented after a syncopal episode. He rehydrated and had no orthostatic symptoms prior to discharge, ambulated well. - There was no prodrome and no associated symptoms such as SOB or CP. The medics recorded an ECG: There is STE in V1-V3 and aVL, with reciprocal ST depression in II, III, aVF.
My Paramedic Blog
JULY 8, 2014
I hop into the ambulance, and log onto the CAD (Computer Assisted Dispatch) device. The call pops up onto our CAD. I look at the notes on the CAD it read: Crowning. I explain the gravity of the situation to the parents when the second ambulance crew arrives to help out. Me: “Sure, that’s all good with me.”
My Paramedic Blog
AUGUST 29, 2013
Of course we get called early in the evening and as we sit inside our ambulance, I hear dispatch announce over the radio… “Code 3 for a testicular bleed…” I remember looking at Jessica thinking… Oh nooo! ” We quickly got back into our ambulance and drove back to the main road.
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