Skip to main content
Fig. 5 | BMC Medicine

Fig. 5

From: Increasing emergency number utilisation is not driven by low-acuity calls: an observational study of 1.5 million emergency calls (2018–2021) from Berlin

Fig. 5

Distribution of MPDS protocols (first element of the MPDS code, chief complaint) and proportion of low-acuity calls in 2021. Source: Data of the EMS Berlin. Protocols: 1: Abdominal pain, 2: Allergies/envenomations, 3: Animal bites/attacks, 4: Assault/sexual assault, 5: Back pain, 6: Breathing problems, 7: Burns/explosions, 8: Carbon Monoxide/inhalation, 9: Cardiac or respiratory arrest/death, 10: Chest pain, 11: Choking, 12: Convulsions/seizures, 13: Diabetic problems, 14: Drowning/diving, 15: Electrocution/lightning, 16: Eye problems, 17: Falls, 18: Headache, 19: Heart problems, 20: Heat/cold exposure, 21: Hemorrhage/lacerations, 22: Inaccessible incident, 23: Overdose/poisoning, 24: Pregnancy/childbirth/miscarriage, 25: Psychiatric/suicide attempt, 26: Sick person, 27: Stab/gunshot/penetrating trauma, 28: Stroke/transient ischemic attack, 29: Traffic incidents, 30: Traumatic injuries, 31: Unconscious/fainting, 32: Unknown problem, 33: Inter-facility transfer/palliative care, 34: Automatic crash notification, 35: Health-care practitioner referral, 36: Pandemic/epidemic/outbreak, 37: Inter-facility transfer specific to medically trained callers

Back to article page

BMC Medicine

ISSN: 1741-7015

Contact us