A Model for the association of the call volume and the unavailable-for- response interval on the delayed ambulance response for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using a geographic information system

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-476

  Ahn, Ki Ok ^a   Shin, Sang Do ^b,c   Cha, Won Chul ^d   Jun, Chulmin ^e   Lee, Tae Sik ^f   Pirrallo, Ronald G ^g  

^a Seoul Fire Academy   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Seoguipo Medical Center   (South Korea)

^e University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^f Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Emergency medical services; Response time; Time intervals

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; TIME;

AMBULANCES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956377821     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.497895     Document Type: Article

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