From: Preventable deaths following emergency medical dispatch – an audit study
Chief complaint group | |
---|---|
Emergency level B | n |
Unclear problem | 64 |
Difficulty in breathing | 27 |
Stomach or back pain | 15 |
Minor wound, fracture, injury | 10 |
Seizure | 6 |
Accident (not traffic related) | 6 |
Impaired consciousness, paralysis | 6 |
Chest pain, heart disease | 3 |
Poisoning, medications, alcohol, drugs | 3 |
Urinary system | 3 |
Bleeding, non-traumatic | 2 |
Diabetes | 2 |
Emergency level C | |
Difficulty in breathing | 3 |
Unclear problem | 1 |
Emergency level E | |
Unclear problem | 1 |
Total | 152 |