Search Filters for Prehospital Care, Paramedicine and Emergency Medical Dispatch

EBSCO -  Medline Complete

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• MEDLINE - Number of hits – March 2025 - 16,239
• CINAHL - Number of hits – March 2025 - 4339

*emergency medical service communication systems/ OR *emergency medical dispatcher/ OR *emergency medical dispatch/ OR medical dispatch* OR telephone triage OR EMD OR ambulance dispatch* OR Medical Priority Dispatch System OR MPDS) OR TI (911 OR 999 OR NHS 111 OR NHS111)

OVID -  Medline Complete

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• EMBASE - Number of hits – March 2025 - 3706
• EMCARE - Number of hits – March 2025 - 1594

*emergency medical dispatcher/ OR *emergency medical dispatch/ OR "telephone triage" OR ambulance dispatch* OR Medical Priority Dispatch System OR MPDS OR (911 OR 999 OR NHS 111 OR NHS111).ti

Updated 29 March 2025