June 12, 2018
The Heart of the Matter with Dr. Chris Olola
Lori Henricksen, director of the emergency telecommunications program for high schoolers at the Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas (Nevada), discusses the creation of her program and the challenges it presents,
Isabel talks with Dr. Chris Olola, the director of research and biomedical informatics at the IAED. They discuss the role of emergency dispatch in patient care, heart attacks coded as ALPHA at dispatch, and the future of the research team. For Your Information: AMI: Acute Myocardial Infarction Dr. Olola's study about heart attacks coded as ALPHA at dispatch: https://aedrjournal.org/characteristics-of-acute-myocardial-infarction-cases-coded-as-low-acuity-at-dispatch/ Want to get involved in a study? Have a question? Email us at dispatchindepth @ emergencydispatch (dot) org