Improvement of Barranquilla's EMS response time with the use of GIS

The global emergency medical services (EMS) are complex systems characterized by significant differences in service providers, care pathways, patient care, and quality of care indicators. Therefore, analyzing and improving them is a challenge. Since EMS systems vary from country to country, it isn't easy to provide common standards and methods for EMS planning. However, the common goal of all service providers is to provide medical care to patients who are critically ill or injured as quickly as possible. This research analyzes the location of ambulances of the emergency medical system (EMS) of Barranquilla through a statistical and geographical study. This analysis considers the accident rate, ambulances' geolocation, service areas, and accident to hospital driving times. ArcGIS was used for data processing. The aim was to give an adequate response to accidents in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia.

• Autores: Brugés-Ballesteros, Laurina; Mora-Oñate, Gabriel; Neira-Rodado, Dionicio; Torregroza-Espinosa, Ana
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2021
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/10772
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/10772; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co
• Palabra clave: Emergency medical services; Location; Service area; Statistical analysis; ArcGIS
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)