Challenges to Use Response Time Standard in Assessing Emergency Medical Services in Iran: A Systematic Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Mohammadreza Maleki ◽  
SeyyedMohammad Reza Hosseini ◽  
HasanAbolghasem Gorji ◽  
Davoud Khorasani-Zavareh ◽  
Masoud Roudbari
2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (sup1) ◽  
pp. 17-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Daniel Patterson ◽  
Matthew D. Weaver ◽  
Anthony Fabio ◽  
Ellen M. Teasley ◽  
Megan L. Renn ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Vipul Mishra ◽  
Richa Ahuja ◽  
N. Nezamuddin ◽  
Geetam Tiwari ◽  
Kavi Bhalla

International standards recommend provision of one ambulance for every 50,000 people to fulfill demand for transporting patients to definitive care facilities in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Governments’ consistent attempt to build capacity of emergency medical services (EMS) in LMICs has been financially demanding. This study is an attempt to assess the feasibility of capacity building of existing EMS in Delhi, India by using taxis as an alternative mode of transport for emergency transportation of road traffic crash victims to enable improvement in response time for road traffic crashes where time criticality is deemed important. Performance of the proposed system is evaluated based on response time, coverage and distance. The system models the performance and quantifies the taxi–ambulance configuration for achieving EMS performance within international standards.


2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (sup1) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan R. Studnek ◽  
Allison E. Infinger ◽  
Megan L. Renn ◽  
Patricia M. Weiss ◽  
Joseph P. Condle ◽  
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Sleep Health ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Daniel Patterson ◽  
Kristina A. Mountz ◽  
Caitlin T. Budd ◽  
Jenna L. Bubb ◽  
Austin U. Hsin ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 608-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Schnegg ◽  
Mathieu Pasquier ◽  
Pierre-Nicolas Carron ◽  
Bertrand Yersin ◽  
Fabrice Dami

AbstractIntroductionThe concept of response time with minimal interval is intimately related to the practice of emergency medicine. The factors influencing this time interval are poorly understood.ProblemIn a process of improvement of response time, the impact of the patient’s age on ambulance departure intervals was investigated.MethodThis was a 3-year observational study. Departure intervals of ambulances, according to age of patients, were analyzed and a multivariate analysis, according to time of day and suspected medical problem, was performed.ResultsA total of 44,113 missions were included, 2,417 (5.5%) in the pediatric group. Mean departure delay for the adult group was 152.9 seconds, whereas it was 149.3 seconds for the pediatric group (P =.018).ConclusionA statistically significant departure interval difference between missions for children and adults was found. The difference, however, probably was not significant from a clinical point of view (four seconds).SchneggB, PasquierM, CarronPN, YersinB, DamiF. Prehospital Emergency Medical Services departure interval: does patient age matter?Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(6):608–613.


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