Method and system for integrating a computer aided dispatch system with an emergency medical dispatch protocol
AssigneeMedical Priority Consultants, Inc.
InventorRichard Saalsaa
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Abstract
An interface between a computer aided dispatch system and an emergency medical dispatch protocol is provided. Able to operate in either a resident or a non-resident mode, this invention coordinates the transfer of control and information between the computer aided dispatch system and the emergency medical dispatch protocol to improve the efficiency of emergency medical response resources while maintaining the certainty of the use of an established medical response and instruction protocol.
Claims14
A method for integrating a computer aided dispatch system and an emergency medical dispatch protocol, comprising:
- (A) initiating a computer aided dispatch system;
- (B) receiving an incident call;
- (C) calling an expert emergency medical dispatch system;
- (D) testing for desired process states;
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- (E) returning control to said computer aided dispatch system.
A system for integrating a computer aided dispatch system and an emergency medical dispatch protocol, comprising:
- (A) a computer device;
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- (B) a computer program operating on said computer device, wherein said computer program further comprises:
- (1) an operating system, managing the operation of said computer device;
- (2) a computer aided dispatch system operating in cooperation with said operating system to manage emergency response resources;
- (3) an emergency medical response protocol system for guiding a dispatchers response to a caller, wherein said emergency medical response protocol system further comprises a set of specified inquiries, a calculated determinate value based one or more responses to said set of specified inquiries, and a defined emergency medical response based on said determinate value;
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- (4) an interface between said computer aided dispatch system and said emergency medical response protocol system, wherein said interface is a process for communicating information between said computer aided dispatch system and said emergency medical response protocol system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.