Everything About Medical Industry Standards
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Meridith invites Brett Patterson and Darren Judd to explain what we mean when we refer to industry standards in Emergency Medical Dispatch. They discuss the history of industry standards and the various bodies that set them, then discuss what those standards mean for Emergency Communications Centers today.
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