ESO EMS Index Mid-Year Update Evaluates Nationwide Performance Across Key Metrics for First Half of 2019
Summary
ESO, the leading data and software company serving emergency medical services (EMS), fire departments and hospitals, today announced the mid-year release and update of its 2019 ESO EMS Index. The Index tracks performance of EMS nationwide across key metrics: stroke assessment and documentation, end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring, 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) use, aspirin administration for chest pain, overdose events (and specifically opioid-related overdoses) and influenza-like illness. “We continue to see steady improvement across core metrics,” said Dr. Brent Myers, Chief Medical Officer for ESO. Other key measures, such as ETCO2 monitoring and 12-lead EKG use, are holding steady or improving slightly. Since its founding in 2004, the company continues to pioneer innovative, user-friendly software to meet the changing needs of today’s EMS agencies, fire departments, and hospitals.