Public Health Surveillance: Using Emergency Medical Service Logs
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Biosurveillance Technology Used to Combat Drug Abuse
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Crunching the Numbers
Download PDF (Best Practices Magazine, April 2010) In Sedgwick County, KS, data collection leads to increased efficiency and better patient care.
Swift, High-Tech Response Keep EMS on Top of H1N1 Flu Outbreak
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FirstWatch Media Highlights
FirstWatch Media Highlights A compilation of local and national FirstWatch TV clips, including Diane Sawyer’s interview with Frank Gresh, Communications Center Manager at EMSA (Tulsa and Oklahoma City, OK), during early onset of the 2003 Flu Outbreak.
Cutting Edge EMS Technology to Improve Patient Care
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Pinellas County Safety System
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Pandemic Flu and 9-1-1
Download PDF (Emergency Number Professional Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008)As a vital link to the public, and to the local public safety entities, 9-1-1 centers will play a central role in any local or regional pandemic flu strategy.
Operation Overload
Operation Overload (EMS World, May 2007) EMS Providers in Henderson, NV, face the challenges of explosive growth.
Strong Angel III: Learning to Work Together
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High Stakes
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Data Fusion and the 9-1-1 Center
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Clinical Response Planning–Syndromic Surveillance
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System Will Alert of Potential Attacks
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Point Taken: Dr. James Buehler on the Promise of Syndromic Surveillance
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County Launches ‘Smoke Detector’ for Bioterror
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Innovations from Hell’s Fury
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High-Tech Tool Warns of Flu Outbreaks
Download PDF (USA Today, Nov 2003) High- tech tool warns of flu outbreaks OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A high-tech tool designed to warn of bioterror attacks is helping to pinpoint influenza outbreaks in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The FirstWatch system used by the Emergency Medical Services Authority scans 911 calls and gathers information about the medical symptoms of emergency patients. The computer software has identified clusters of flu activity in Oklahoma s two largest cities from calls to EMSA dispatch centers. The system...
On the Frontline: What Everyone Should Understand About the Role of the Emergency Fire Dispatcher
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Three Rivers Gets EMS Early-Warning System
Download PDF (FireTimes, 2003) Three Rivers gets EMS early -warning system The News -Sentinel If you get food poisoning in Fort Wayne, an ambulance driver could know before you do. Fort Wayne, Indiana - A new early-warning system installed by the Three Rivers Ambulance Authority tracks 911 call patterns, and spots a spike in calls reporting certain symptoms -- before human observers can. The system can be used to identify a disease outbreak, a cluster of foodborne illness, even a bioterrorism attack. Once the...
