<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Don't know about your areas, but here in the Southern Maryland area we are using a smart 911 system. Just like listed below, they can GPS the caller, but also can tell you if the call is cell, pay, or home phone. In our local 911 center, for example, a simple MVA can get 20 calls placed whereas 20 years ago we were lucky to get 2 calls. Yes, in my experience it has made a tremendous difference in the timeliness of care and more positive outcomes. </P>
<P>In our Electronic Medical Reports that EMS does, we are able to print out reports based on all sorts of factors. I can generate a report that tells me how many minutes it took to respond on average for all calls at one particular station last year, or how many minutes on average to respond for just priority 2 calls. It can tell me how many calls were to a trauma center, regular hospital, routine transport, etc. The only catch is that my EMT's have to fill in the forms on the report correctly. Sometimes they get lazy and put their information in the narrative section, which doesn't help when generating reports.</P>
<P>It's my understanding that University of Maryland (where our medical protocols are based out of -- MIEMSS) can also use this information to justify changes in roads -- getting a new light at a particularly hazardous intersection, for example, based on how many MVAs occur there.</P>
<P>Maybe MIEMSS can give you the information you seek? Their EMAIS (electronic medical advisory information system) reports can give you all kinds of information you seek, and paired with a CAD report from the 911 system, I think it will give you all of the information you are looking for. <BR><BR>Paula Bailey</P>
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From: <I>David Sullivan <fpcems@yahoo.com></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>"Trauma &amp; Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list@trauma.org></I><BR>To: <I>"Trauma &amp, Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list@trauma.org></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: Cell phones, prehospital access, and outcomes</I><BR>Date: <I>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:01:43 -0700 (PDT)</I><BR>Anthony,<BR><BR>thanks, I had no idea that they had updated the 911 system. If only OEMS would move that fast.<BR><BR>dave<BR><BR>Anthony Caruso <Medic541@hotmail.com> wrote:<BR>Dave, there is some changes that have occurred in Massachusetts that you<BR>might now be aware of. The new system that was placed in service utilizes<BR>the GPS system on newer handsets. So for instance in Natick, if your<BR>traveling on Rt. 9 and you have an odor of gas you can call 911 from a GPS<BR>enabled cell phone. Automatically, that 911
call is routed to Natick<BR>dispatch center. Right on the computer screen, you can see the location of<BR>the person making the 911 call . Also, as there traveling you can get an<BR>almost instantaneous update as to the location of the caller. Of course,<BR>not all centers in Massachusetts have that technology, but its coming.<BR>Also, it doesn't matter if you put the GPS locator on your phone to<BR>"private" your still able to be located by making the 911 calls (FYI).<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Anthony Caruso NREMT-P<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "David Sullivan"<BR>To: "Trauma &, Critical Care mailing list"<BR>Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:31 PM<BR>Subject: Re: Cell phones, prehospital access, and outcomes<BR><BR><BR>>I dont know of any organized study, but I this is my thought. here is MA,<BR>>all 911 cell phone calls are routed to the MA state police, and then
they<BR>>route your call from there to the right law enforncement agency. So, if<BR>>your in boston and a man is down, and you pick your cell phone and dial<BR>>911....you'll get MSP framingham....then transfered to Boston PD, and then<BR>>transfered to Boston EMS. i would think that response times would vary<BR>>depending on your location, in boston faster than Great Barrington MA.<BR>><BR>> dave<BR>><BR>> "Bjorn, Pret"<BR>wrote:<BR>> I wonder whether anyone has studied the effects of cellular telephones<BR>> on prehospital notification, and by extension, patient outcome.<BR>><BR>> If Maine is any example, the mean injury-to-EMS-activation interval must<BR>> be several minutes per case shorter than it was even ten years ago --<BR>> back when we used to have to drive or walk from the roadside to the<BR>> nearest landline to report a car
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