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Reducing ambulance response times using discrete event simulation.
OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study are to develop a discrete-event simulation (DES) model for the Singapore Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and to demonstrate the utility of this DES model for the evaluation of different policy alternatives to improve ambulance response times. METHODS A DES model was developed based on retrospective emergency call data over a continuous 6-month period ...
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OBJECTIVES To determine the association between ambulance response time and survival from out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrest and to estimate the effect of reducing response times. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Scottish Ambulance Service. SUBJECTS All out of hospital cardiopulmonary arrests due to cardiac disease attended by the Scottish Ambulance Service during May 1991 to March 1998. ...
متن کاملRole of ambulance response times in the survival of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the role of ambulance response times in improving survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). METHODS OHCAs were identified by sampling consecutive life-threatening category A emergency ambulance calls on an annual basis for the 5 years 1996/7-2000/1 from four ambulance services in England. From these, all calls where an ambulance arrived at the scene and treate...
متن کاملA national census of ambulance response times to emergency calls in Ireland.
BACKGROUND Equity of access to appropriate pre-hospital emergency care is a core principle underlying an effective ambulance service. Care must be provided within a timeframe in which it is likely to be effective. A national census of response times to emergency and urgent calls in statutory ambulance services in Ireland was undertaken to assess current service provision. METHODS A prospectiv...
متن کاملAmbulance location and relocation problems with time-dependent travel times
EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE FACING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEM: how and where to locate vehicles in order to cover potential future demand effectively. Ambulances are supposed to be located at designated locations such that in case of an emergency the patients can be reached in a time-efficient manner. A patient is said to be covered by a vehicle if (s)he can be reached by an ambulance within a p...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.302.6769.181