A Sheffield man's death after a long wait for an ambulance has sparked concerns, the coroner says.
Coroner Tanyka Rawden said the ambulance service should have given Roy Middleton's 999 call higher priority
Mrs Rawden said his 999 call was allocated what was known as a Category Three response time, but "this assessment was not performed correctly and the call should have been changed to Category Two".Category Three calls are thoseas "urgent" and should see an ambulance response within two hours, while Category Two calls are those defined as "emergencies" and should be responded to in an average of 18 minutes.
The coroner said her investigation found the system used by Yorkshire Ambulance Service to assess the seriousness of injuries relied on an algorithm developed by the US-based International Academies of Emergency Dispatch . The inquest into Mr Middleton's death heard that the IAED system's algorithm did not take into account whether a patient was on blood-thinning medication when considering the category of emergency response required.
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