Does telephone triage of emergency (999) calls using advanced medical priority dispatch (AMPDS) with Department of Health (DH) call prioritisation effectively identify patients with an acute coronary syndrome? An audit of 42 657 emergency calls to Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

C D Deakin; D M Sherwood; A Smith; M Cassidy

doi:10.1136/emj.2004.022962

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Does telephone triage of emergency (999) calls using advanced medical priority dispatch (AMPDS) with Department of Health (DH) call prioritisation effectively identify patients with an acute coronary syndrome? An audit of 42 657 emergency calls to Hampshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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Aug 2018	59	5	2
Sep 2018	49	8	3
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Oct 2020	45	1	0
Nov 2020	31	2	0
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Oct 2021	45	6	0
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Dec 2021	38	2	2
Jan 2022	85	12	1
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Mar 2022	103	3	4
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May 2022	65	1	0
Jun 2022	89	1	1
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Aug 2022	87	3	1
Sep 2022	52	4	2
Oct 2022	56	4	1
Nov 2022	111	3	0
Dec 2022	99	8	8
Jan 2023	63	3	0
Feb 2023	122	4	1
Mar 2023	57	3	3
Apr 2023	116	20	2
May 2023	76	2	3
Jun 2023	105	11	2
Jul 2023	123	4	2
Aug 2023	88	2	2
Sep 2023	110	0	3
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Nov 2023	101	4	1
Dec 2023	103	6	3
Jan 2024	99	24	4
Feb 2024	88	9	2
Mar 2024	92	6	2
Total	10251	895	948

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