A Monte Carlo Simulation Model to Assess Volunteer Response Times in a Public Access Defibrillation Scheme in Northern Ireland

Author

Marshall, Adele H. ; Cairns, Karen J. ; Kee, Frank ; Moore, Michael J. ; Hamilton, Andrew J. ; Adgey, A. A Jennifer

Author_Institution

Queen´´s Univ., Belfast

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0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

783

Lastpage

788

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a model to assess the distribution of response times for mobile volunteers of a public access defibrillation (PAD) scheme in Northern Ireland. Using parameters based on a trial period, the model predicts that a PAD volunteer would arrive before the emergency medical services (EMS) to 18.8% of events to which they are paged in a given year period. This is in agreement with what has actually been observed during the trial period (where volunteers have actually reached 15% of events before the EMS), and thus assisting validation of the model. Results from this model illustrate how ongoing volunteer commitment is key to the success of the scheme

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; cardiology; defibrillators; patient treatment; Monte Carlo simulation model; Northern Ireland; emergency medical services; public access defibrillation scheme; volunteer response times; Atherosclerosis; Cardiac arrest; Cardiology; Defibrillation; Delay; Demography; Hospitals; Medical services; Mobile computing; Time factors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2006. CBMS 2006. 19th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT

ISSN

1063-7125

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2517-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CBMS.2006.19

Filename

1647666