NENA Seeks Volunteers for Medical Condition Types Working Group
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The ability to communicate information on basic medical conditions of a person related to an Incident is often desirable or critical to providing the appropriate response. Condition types like those included in ICD-10-CM—the International Classification of Diseases—are far too detailed to be useful for emergency dispatch. The Working Group’s responsibility is to determine the appropriate condition types that will be useful without the list being so lengthy that it is impractical to use. The scope of the work is intended to be limited primarily to condition types, their descriptions, and related guidance regarding their use in NG9-1-1. The deliverable is intended to be an ANSI-candidate document.
The working group is seeking operational and technical subject matter experts in the User, Producer, and General Interest categories, as defined in Section 3 Document Development Process of the NENA Development Operational Procedures.
Ideally, work group membership will include participants with:
- PSAP and dispatch operations experience in handling, dispatching, or responding to Incidents where a medical condition of a person associated with the Incident may be relevant to the response provided.
- Emergency medical response experience to assist in determining how detailed condition types should be for practical use.
- Deployment and support experience of 9-1-1 industry products and services.
- Experience writing technical requirements.
Meetings are to be held on Wednesday from 11:30AM – 1:00PM Eastern.
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