Introducing fairness in Norwegian air ambulance base location planning

Efficiency and Fairness in Ambulance Planning

Observation and rating HEMS Crew in Non-Technical Skills, CRM Medical Simulation in Norwegian Air Ambulance

Introduction “Camp Torpomoen” is an annual training camp for HEMS crew in Norwegian Air Ambulance. The main goal is to improve medical treatment of the sick and injured patient. To obtain this, the crew practice in Medical Simulation, team training in a patient scenario, creating realistic environments. The objective for this study was to observe and rate the non-technical skills of the crew in...

The Air Campaign Planning Knowledge Base

Air ambulance services in the Arctic 1999-2009: a Norwegian study

BACKGROUND Air ambulance services in the Arctic have to deal with remote locations, long distances, rough weather conditions and seasonable darkness. Despite these challenges, the people living in the area expect a high quality of specialist health care. AIMS The objective of this study was to analyse the air ambulance operations performed in the Norwegian Arctic and study variations in diagn...

Ambulance location and relocation models

This article traces the evolution of ambulance location and relocation models proposed over the past 30 years. The models are classified in two main categories. Deterministic models are used at the planning stage and ignore stochastic considerations regarding the availability of ambulances. Probabilistic models reflect the fact that ambulances operate as servers in a queueing system and cannot ...