Hassan Farhat, Ahmed Makhlouf, Padarath Gangaram, Kawther El Aifa, Mohamed Chaker Khenissi, Ian Howland, Cyrine Abid, Andre Jones, Ian Howard, Nicholas Castle, Loua Al Shaikh, Moncef Khadhraoui, Imed Gargouri, James Laughton, Guillaume Alinier
BACKGROUND: Efficient resource distribution is important. Despite extensive research on response timings within ambulance services, nuances of time from unit dispatch to becoming available still need to be explored. This study aimed to identify the determinants of the duration between ambulance dispatch and readiness to respond to the next case according to the patients' transport decisions. METHODS: Time from ambulance dispatch to availability (TDA) analysis according to the patients' transport decision (Transport versus Non-Transport) was conducted using R-Studio™ for a data set of 93,712 emergency calls managed by a Middle Eastern ambulance service from January to May 2023...
April 29, 2024: BMC Emergency Medicine