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Response time in the emergency services. Systematic review
Cabral, Eric Lucas dos Santos; Castro, Wilkson Ricardo Silva; Florentino, Davidson Rogério de Medeiros; Viana, Danylo de Araújo; Costa Junior, João Florêncio da; Souza, Ricardo Pires de; Rêgo, Amália Cinthia Meneses; Araújo-Filho, Irami; Medeiros, Aldo Cunha.
  • Cabral, Eric Lucas dos Santos; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering. Natal. BR
  • Castro, Wilkson Ricardo Silva; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering. Natal. BR
  • Florentino, Davidson Rogério de Medeiros; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering. Natal. BR
  • Viana, Danylo de Araújo; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering. Natal. BR
  • Costa Junior, João Florêncio da; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering. Natal. BR
  • Souza, Ricardo Pires de; UFRN. Postgraduate Program in Production Engineering. Natal. BR
  • Rêgo, Amália Cinthia Meneses; Health Sciences. Natal. BR
  • Araújo-Filho, Irami; UFRN. Department of Surgery. Natal. BR
  • Medeiros, Aldo Cunha; UFRN. Department of Surgery. Natal. BR
Acta cir. bras ; 33(12): 1110-1121, Dec. 2018. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-973487
ABSTRACT
Abstract The growth of the urban population raises concern about municipal public managers in the sense of providing emergency medical services (EMS) that are aligned with the needs of prehospital emergency medical care demanded by the population. The literature review aims at presenting the response time of emergency medical services in several parts of the world and discussing some factors that interfere in the result of this indicator such as GDP (Gross Domestic Product) percentage spent on health and life expectancy of countries. The study will also show that in some of the consulted articles, authors suggest to EMS recommendations for decreasing the response time using simulations, heuristics and metaheuristics. Response time is a basic indicator of emergency medical services, in such a way that researchers use the descriptive statistics to evaluate this parameter. Europe and the USA outstand in the publication of studies that present this information. Some articles use stochastic and mathematical methods to suggest models that simulate scenarios of response time reduction and suggest such proposals to the local EMS. Countries in which the response time was identified have a high index of human development and life expectancy between 74.7 and 83.7 years.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Emergency Medical Services / Time-to-Treatment Type of study: Prognostic study / Systematic reviews Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Acta cir. bras Journal subject: General Surgery / Procedimentos Cir£rgicos Operat¢rios Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Health Sciences/BR / UFRN/BR / Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Emergency Medical Services / Time-to-Treatment Type of study: Prognostic study / Systematic reviews Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Acta cir. bras Journal subject: General Surgery / Procedimentos Cir£rgicos Operat¢rios Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Health Sciences/BR / UFRN/BR / Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte/BR