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Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) Program |
Basic CBD Training, Continuing Education, Instructor Development Course - Criteria Based Dispatch (CBD)
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Participants at the June 2005 training at
Valley Communications. | All EMS systems must be looked at as a continual "Chain of Survival" of which the telecommunicator is a vital link. As a primary point of contact with the public, the dispatcher provides a channel for communications between the caller reporting the emergency and the Emergency Medical Response Units.
In 1989, King County EMS developed the Criteria Based Dispatch Guidelines, which were implemented in 1990. CBD Guidelines are based on:
- the level of care required for a patient;
- the urgency for the care to be given; and,
- the specified medical criteria for determining the appropriate response.
Not only does CBD provide guidelines to identify dispatch crteria for the appropriate response, but they also provide Pre-Arrival Instructions, of which the most important are those of CPR. Training 2008 to be scheduled. Contact Cleo Subido if you have questions about future trainings at Cleo.Subido@kingcounty.gov. |
