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This page is outdated, the AMPDS/MPDS uses 5 determinint levels from A to E now (as per PriorityDispatch.com), with ECHO being resp/cardiac arrest/death and ALPHA being minor... There is also an OMEGA level which is for expected death.
Medic48 12:58, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
It seems that Clawson codes really should be part of the overall information in Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System. -- Whpq 21:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
from my understanding the OMEGA level is to be used for "bogus calls", eg: patient needs help getting back in to bed, no injuries, no emergencies, aka a soins humanitaires... doing a good deed for the patient. purpleidea ( talk) 20:34, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Please do not revert when Wikimedia Foundation staff edit the article to remove material from a copyright takedown request. Instead come to the talk page and discuss or contact the member of the staff. FloNight ♥♥♥♥ 14:54, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I followed up on this with Cary Bass. Unless someone files a DMCA counter notice, the removal of the copyrighted material needs to stand. The company made a legitimate DMCA notice which the Foundation and us need to honor. FloNight ♥♥♥♥ 17:51, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
I've removed the following paragraph, as it is neither sourced nor neutral in its point of view:
The software is used widely but its validity is constantly questioned by first reponders in the pre hospital care environment. It is often accused of responding emergency vehicles under fast lights and siren situations for no good reason. The cause of this falling on questions asked to callers that are deliberately kept simple to avoid confusion. For example, call takers ask callers if the "patient is breathing normally" rather than is "the patient is having difficulty breathing" which is considered too technical. Consequently, a patient who is nauseated and vomiting may be considered to be having difficulty breathing as the caller notices that the patient is breathing differently from normal when vomiting. Breathing whilst vomiting does often appear different from normal breathing. This does not mean the patient is having difficulty breathing. The result is an ambulance dispatched under emergency driving conditions that creates an increased risk of accident and potential harm to responding paramedics and the community alike regardless of the care taken whilst driving. An experienced paramedic taking a call would be able to differentiate between the breathing differences of someone vomiting and someone who truly is having trouble breathing. For cost effectivness AMPDS does not generally use medically qualified and experienced call takers. It uses call takers trained to use the software rather than those experienced in the pre hospital care environment. This is a major and on going criticism of the AMPDS software.
~dom Kaos~ ( talk) 02:07, 24 November 2010 (UTC)