Title :
Evaluating dynamic dispatch strategies for emergency medical services: TIFAR simulation tool
Author :
van Buuren, M. ; Aardal, K. ; van der Mei, Rob ; Post, H.
Author_Institution :
Center for Math. & Comput. Sci., Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
In life-threatening emergency situations, the ability of emergency medical service (EMS) providers to arrive at the emergency scene within a few minutes may make the difference between survival or death. To realize such extremely short response times at affordable cost, efficient planning of EMS systems is crucial. In this article we will discuss the Testing Interface For Ambulance Research (TIFAR) simulation tool that can be used by EMS managers and researchers to evaluate the effectiveness of different dispatch strategies. The accuracy of TIFAR is assessed by comparing the TIFAR-based performance indicators against a real EMS system in the Netherlands. The results show that TIFAR performs extremely well.
Keywords :
digital simulation; emergency services; graphical user interfaces; medical computing; EMS system planning; TIFAR simulation tool-based performance indicators; Testing Interface For Ambulance Research simulation tool; dynamic dispatch strategy evaluation; emergency medical services; emergency scene; response times; Computational modeling; Energy management; Hospitals; Time factors; Vehicle dynamics; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference (WSC), Proceedings of the 2012 Winter
Conference_Location :
Berlin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4779-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0891-7736
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2012.6465214
