[Appropriate allocation of resources for interhospital transfer in emergency medical service-is a physician in the dispatch center helpful?]

CONCLUSION: The immediate clarification of interhospital transport requests by an emergency physician at the dispatch center leads to a significant reduction in unnecessary medical accompaniment of patient transfers. The choice of an appropriate transfer vehicle and staff should not be left to the requesting hospital physician alone.
PMID: 32671429 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Der Anaesthesist - July 14, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Schröder H, Brockert AK, Beckers SK, Follmann A, Sommer A, Kork F, Rossaint R, Felzen M Tags: Anaesthesist Source Type: research