Shanghai: The Shanghai Medical Emergency Center will begin distinguishing between emergency and non-emergency calls to better deal with the city's ongoing shortage of emergency medical personnel, local media reported on September 03 Tuesday. "The new measure aims to ensure that ambulances staffed with doctors are sent only to people with real medical emergencies," said Guan Min, the director of the Shanghai Medical Emergency Center.
The center will only staff ambulances with doctors for emergency calls, according to a report in the Xinmin Evening News.
It will not put staff with more than basic medical training on ambulances that send patients home from the hospital, though it will have nurses on board for calls to transfer patients between hospitals. |
