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Tue Sep 18 21:31:59 BST 2007

I dont know of any organized study, but I this is my thought. here is MA, all 911 cell phone calls are routed to the MA state police, and then they route your call from there to the right law enforncement agency.  So, if your in boston and a man is down, and you pick your cell phone and dial 911....you'll get MSP framingham....then transfered to Boston PD, and then transfered to Boston EMS. i would think that response times would vary depending on your location, in boston faster than Great Barrington MA. 

  dave

"Bjorn, Pret" <pbjorn at emh.org> wrote:
  I wonder whether anyone has studied the effects of cellular telephones
on prehospital notification, and by extension, patient outcome. 

If Maine is any example, the mean injury-to-EMS-activation interval must
be several minutes per case shorter than it was even ten years ago --
back when we used to have to drive or walk from the roadside to the
nearest landline to report a car crash. 

I imagine this might show up on our survival numbers, but I wouldn't
know how to begin to test it. Pub Med's got bupkes.

Anyone aware of any organized data?

Just curious.

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