Patent ID: 6607481
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: G16H,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for managing the entry process of an emergency medical dispatch system, for dispatching medical assistance to persons needing such medical assistance, comprising the steps of:(a) receiving a medical call on a telephone communication device regarding a patient needing medical assistance because of a health problem; (b) receiving a description of the health problem giving rise to said call for medical assistance; (c) identifying if the patient needing medical assistance is suffering ineffective breathing; (d) determining a criticality value based on the description of said health problem; (e) selecting an appropriate response, wherein such response depends on said described health problem, a received age, a determination of consciousness and a determination of breathing, and wherein said appropriate response includes an arrest protocol for patients in respiratory arrest; (f) calculating a determinate value based on said described health problem, said received age, said determination of consciousness and said determination of breathing; and (g) dispatching, based on said calculated determinate value, an appropriate emergency medical response, wherein said emergency medical response is provided by field emergency medical care-givers.