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Table 1 Study site characteristics (2016)

From: Description of call handling in emergency medical dispatch centres in Scandinavia: recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and dispatcher-assisted CPR

 

Greater Copenhagen

Denmark

Stockholm region

Sweden

Oslo region

Norway

Population

1.8 million

2.3 million

1.6 million

Area covered by EMDC

2568 km2

6519 km2

9551 km2

Incidence of OHCA

82/100,000

45/100,000

61/100,000

Incoming emergency calls 2016

133,772

206,729

172,934

Proportion of calls resulting in an ambulance response

Priority 1:

42,645 (32%)

Priority 2:

41,528 (31%)

Priority 3 (non-emergency):

28,281 (21%)

Priority 1: 115,453 (56%)

Priority 2:

80,716 (39%)

Priority 3 (non-emergency):

10,567 (5%)

Priority 1:

77,460 (45%)

Priority 2:

70,269 (41%)

Priority 3 (non-emergency):

45,724 (26%)

Number for emergency

112 for medical, police, and fire/rescue

112 for medical, police, and fire/rescue

113 for medical, 112 for police, and 110 for fire/rescue

Medical dispatcher background

Nurse / paramedic

Nurse/Other

Nurse/paramedic

Specific training in handling cardiac arrest calls in the dispatch centre.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Manual/electronic use of Index

Electronic

Electronic

Manual