Title of article :
Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services in Developing Countries: A Case Study about EMS Response Time in Yazd, Iran
Author/Authors :
Bahrami, MA Department of Healthcare Management - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd , Ranjbar Ezzatabadi, M Department of Healthcare Management - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd , Ahmadi Tehrani, GH Department of Healthcare Management - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd , Maleki, A Department of Healthcare Management - Islamic Azad University - Science and Research Branch, Tehran , Askari, R Department of Health Management and Economics - School of Public Health - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Background: Pre-hospital emergency medical services, a subsystem of Emergency Medical Services (EMS),
provides early care to critically ill and injured patients in the field. Time is an important factor in pre-hospital care
and the length of time it takes to reach care, has a significant impact on patient outcome. This study aims to
calculate the response time in EMS stations of Yazd, Iran.
Methods: During 2008-2009, 11961 run report forms from all 7 EMS stations in Yazd that had been submitted to
central station were surveyed. By using Excell statistical software and descriptive statistics (percent, cumulative
distribution and standard deviation), we calculated fractile response times for Yazd EMS.
Results: 81.15 percent of response times were within 8 minutes as a referenced standard for EMS.
Conclusion: The majority of call services in Yazd EMS have been responded in a suitable time interval comparing
with reference standards and country's approved EMS response time goal, but there are still rooms for improvement.
Keywords :
Pre-hospital , Emergency medical services , Response time , Iran
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
