Background Emergency Medical Services (EMS) have experienced surges in demand as the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed with ambulances services in the UK declaring major incidents due to the risk of care being compromised. COVID-19 specific EMS telephone triage tools have been introduced to help manage demand. There has been no previous evaluation of the accuracy of EMS telephone triage in identifying patients with suspected COVID-19 at risk of serious adverse outcome.

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紧急医疗服务电话分类对疑似 COVID-19 需要救护车响应的准确性：一项观察性队列研究

背景随着 COVID-19 大流行的发展，英国的救护车服务因护理风险受到影响而宣布发生重大事件，紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 的需求激增。引入了 COVID-19 特定的 EMS 电话分类工具来帮助管理需求。之前没有评估 EMS 电话分类在识别疑似 COVID-19 患者有严重不良后果风险的准确性。