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Emergency call triage priority predicts transport decisions and patient disposition in the London Ambulance Service

2026-01-05

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background This study examines the link between emergency call triage priority and patient outcomes within the London Ambulance Service (LAS), with a focus on how triage decisions affect paramedic treatment and transport choices. As the world’s busiest ambulance service, LAS uses the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System under the Ambulance Response Programme to categorise incident...

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DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8314214/v1

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