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- Title
Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Departure Interval: Does Patient Age Matter?
- Authors
Schnegg, Bruno; Pasquier, Mathieu; Carron, Pierre-Nicolas; Yersin, Bertrand; Dami, Fabrice
- Abstract
Introduction The concept of response time with minimal interval is intimately related to the practice of emergency medicine. The factors influencing this time interval are poorly understood. Problem In a process of improvement of response time, the impact of the patient's age on ambulance departure intervals was investigated.<bold>Method: </bold>This was a 3-year observational study. Departure intervals of ambulances, according to age of patients, were analyzed and a multivariate analysis, according to time of day and suspected medical problem, was performed.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 44,113 missions were included, 2,417 (5.5%) in the pediatric group. Mean departure delay for the adult group was 152.9 seconds, whereas it was 149.3 seconds for the pediatric group (P =.018).<bold>Conclusion: </bold>A statistically significant departure interval difference between missions for children and adults was found. The difference, however, probably was not significant from a clinical point of view (four seconds). Schnegg B , Pasquier M , Carron PN , Yersin B , Dami F . Prehospital Emergency Medical Services departure interval: does patient age matter? Prehosp Disaster Med. 2016;31(6):608-613.
- Publication
Prehospital & Disaster Medicine, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 6, p608
- ISSN
1049-023X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1017/S1049023X16000947