Why the closest ambulance cannot be dispatched in an urban emergency medical services system

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-165

  Dean, Stephen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulance response time; ambulances; Emergency Medical Services communication systems; paramedic

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AMBULANCES; BALTIMORE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77954145885     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005793     Document Type: Article

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