COVID-19 Pandemic: Expect the Unexpected
by Aaron Farney, MD Case Presentation EMS is dispatched priority 1 for an 86-year-old female unconscious/fainting call. Despite 911 center implementation of the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) 36 pandemic card, this incident is coded via the 31 card – unconscious/fainting. On arrival, EMS discovers family in an upstairs bathroom surrounding an elderly female who …