Emergency physician attended calls that could have been covered by advanced emergency medical technicians in Austria

Key Points

• The aim is to evaluate the necessity of emergency physician attendance at emergency calls and transfers in Austria.
• Nationwide audit of emergency calls in Austria
• Assessment of cases attended by emergency physicians
• Comparison with potential management by AEMTs
• More than half of emergency calls could have been managed by AEMTs
• Emergency physicians attended unnecessary cases
• Telemedical support was sometimes not needed for AEMTs to manage calls