Implementation of Ambulance Hotspot Strategy in Reducing Ambulance Response Time

Su Na Chin; Phee Kheng Cheah; Muhamad Yaakub Arifin; Hui Shan Kang; Zaturrawiah A Omar; Fouziah Md Yassin; Darmesah Gabda

doi:10.51200/bjms.vi1.2315

Implementation of Ambulance Hotspot Strategy in Reducing Ambulance Response Time

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Su Na Chin Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Phee Kheng Cheah Emergency and Trauma Department, Sabah Women and Childrenâ€™s Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Muhamad Yaakub Arifin Emergency and Trauma Department, Sabah Women and Childrenâ€™s Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Hui Shan Kang Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Zaturrawiah A Omar Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Fouziah Md Yassin Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Darmesah Gabda Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.2315

Keywords:

ambulance response time, ambulance hotspot strategy, emergency medical service

Abstract

Introduction: Ambulance response time (ART) has an inseparable relationship with mortality rates and therefore is important to be reduced. However, an unprecedented increase in road traffic congestion has led to longer ART, especially during peak hours. To reduce ART despite congested traffic, a pre-dispatched ambulance is deployed at hotspot locations during peak hours. This study aims to determine if the hotspot strategy is able to reduce ART in an Urban Emergency Medical Services system.

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2020-03-30

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Chin, S. N., Cheah, P. K., Arifin, M. Y., Kang, H. S., Omar, Z. A., Yassin, F. M., & Gabda, D. (2020). Implementation of Ambulance Hotspot Strategy in Reducing Ambulance Response Time. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), (1), 3. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.vi1.2315

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2020: BORNEO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (BJMS), (Suppl.), MARCH 2020

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