Ambulance, fire, and police dispatch times compared with the atomic clock

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-30

  Lerner, E Brooke ^a,b   Billittier, Anthony J ^a,b   Adolf, John E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Center for Transportation Injury Research   (United States)

^c Erie Co Div Emergency Med Serv   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispatch times; Emergency medical services; Public safety answering points; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE PROTECTION; POLICE; TIME;

EID: 0033971375     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120090941597     Document Type: Article

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