Dispatch Decisions and Emergency Medical Services Response in the Prehospital Care of Status Epilepticus
Approximately one-fourth of SE cases were categorized as a non-seizure related condition at dispatch, and fewer than half received the highest acuity determinant code. Despite this, dispatch-assigned acuity did not have a strong relationship with the ambulance response or training level of the EMS responder or response time, suggesting that use of dispatch algorithms might be further optimized and highlighting a potential area to improve quality of EMS care.
Authors
- Elan L. Guterman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0817-3144)
- Remle P. Crowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9733-9294)
- Courtney Shay
- Andrew J. Wood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3948-4869)
- Robert P McInnis
- Anna A Haggart
Institutions
- Lee University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Technical Solutions (United States) (US)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.21266
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00