C ONCORDANCE OF F IELD AND E MERGENCY D EPARTMENT A SSESSMENT IN THE P REHOSPITAL M ANAGEMENT OF P ATIENTS WITH D YSPNEA

Abstract

The authors conclude that in this EMS system, field assessment of dyspnea by paramedics is in agreement with that arrived at in the ED in a high proportion of patients with dyspnea from a single source. However, field assessment of dyspnea from multiple etiologies is less concordant.