Reducing ambulance response times using geospatial-time analysis of ambulance deployment

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 951-957

  Ong, Marcus Eng Hock ^a   Chiam, Tut Fu ^b   Ng, Faith Suan Peng ^c   Sultana, Papia ^a   Lim, Swee Han ^a   Leong, Benjamin Sieu Hon ^d   Ong, Victor Yeok Kein ^d   Ching Tan, Elaine Ching ^e   Tham, Lai Peng ^f   Yap, Susan ^a   Anantharaman, V ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Medical Department   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; geographic information systems; heart arrest

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; AMBULANCE DEPLOYMENT; AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIME; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GEOSPATIAL TIME ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ARREST; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TIME OF DAY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 78349259695     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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