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01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Emergency dispatch, FirstAED global positioning of first responders with distinct roles - a solution to reduce the response times and ensuring early defibrillation in the rural area Langeland
Authors:
Henrik Schakow, Mogens L Larsen, Finn L Henriksen
Published in:
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
FirstAED is meant as a supplement to the existing emergency response systems. The purpose is to shorten the first responder response times at emergency calls to below 5 minutes on the island of Langeland. The FirstAED project defines a new way to dispatch the nearby first responders and organize their roles in the hope of reducing response times and improving survival rates. …