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Use of the Vocera Communications Badge Improves Public Safety Response Times
Joint Authors
Joslin, Jeremy David
Goldberger, David
Johnson, Loretta
Waltz, D. Paul
Source
Emergency Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-04-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
Violence in the Emergency Department (ED) has been a long-standing issue complicated by deficiencies in staff training, ease of weapons access, and response availability of public safety officers.
The Vocera Badge is being used by our staff to request public safety assistance in lieu of a formal phone call to the University Police Communications Center.
We sought to learn if use of this technology improved officer response times to the ED.
Methods.
Mean response times were reviewed and descriptive statistics analyzed to determine if the use of the Vocera Badge improved public safety officer response times to the ED.
Results.
Average response times improved from an average of 3.2 minutes (SD = 0.456) in the 6 months before the use of the communication badges to an average of 1.02 minutes (SD = 0.319) in the 6 months after use began.
Conclusions.
The use of the Vocera Badge seemed to decrease response times of public safety officers to our ED compared with the traditional method of calling a dispatch center to request assistance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Joslin, Jeremy David& Goldberger, David& Johnson, Loretta& Waltz, D. Paul. 2016. Use of the Vocera Communications Badge Improves Public Safety Response Times. Emergency Medicine International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104574
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Joslin, Jeremy David…[et al.]. Use of the Vocera Communications Badge Improves Public Safety Response Times. Emergency Medicine International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104574
American Medical Association (AMA)
Joslin, Jeremy David& Goldberger, David& Johnson, Loretta& Waltz, D. Paul. Use of the Vocera Communications Badge Improves Public Safety Response Times. Emergency Medicine International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1104574
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1104574