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. 2014 Sep 10;14:380. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-380

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Evolution of the number of calls to the 144 ECC and PEMS interventions between 2001 and 2010. ECC: emergency call center; PEMS: prehospital emergency medical services; primary interventions = on-site and at-home emergencies; secondary interventions = urgent inter-hospital transfers (secondary interventions were not recorded in 2001 and 2002); SMUR: emergency physicians sent simultaneously onsite.