Scand J Trauma Resus
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Scand J Trauma Resus · Nov 2019
ReviewThe Danish prehospital emergency healthcare system and research possibilities.
The emergency medical healthcare system outside hospital varies greatly across the globe - even within the western world. Within the last ten years, the demand for emergency medical service systems has increased, and the Danish emergency medical service system has undergone major changes. Therefore, we aimed to provide an updated description of the current Danish prehospital medical healthcare system. ⋯ In addition to emergency calls, other medical services are available for less urgent health problems around the clock. Prehospital personnel have since 2015 utilized a nationwide electronic prehospital medical record. The use of this prehospital medical record combined with Denmark's extensive registries, linkable by the unique civil registration number, enables new and unique possibilities to do high quality prehospital research, with complete patient follow-up.