The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services (한국응급구조학회지)

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Analysis of response time for patient non-transport by 119 ambulance services

119 구급 서비스의 미이송 시간 분석

  • Kang, Kyung-Hee (Department of Emergency Health Science, Gachon University) ;
  • Han, Jin-Ok (Gyeonggi Public Health Policy Institute)
  • 강경희 (가천대학교 응급구조학과) ;
  • 한진옥 (경기도 공공보건의료지원단)
  • Received : 2018.10.26
  • Accepted : 2018.12.16
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to investigate the causes of non-transport in 119 ambulance services and to describe the difference in response time according to the reason for non-transport. Methods: This study analyzed 42,415 non-transport cases out of 123,158 cases using prehospital care reports in a metropolitan city. The Kruskal-Wallis test and the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test were used to 6,857 cases for which time was recorded. Results: Non-transportation in 20${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$ comprised 33.1% of all ambulance services. The reason for non-transport were other reasons (25.5%), cancellation (23.8%), and moving to other vehicles (21.7%). There were differences in ambulance service times according to the reasons for non-transport. The activation interval was the longest (2.68 minutes) in the absence of the patient, and the response interval was the shortest (4.96 minutes) among the cancelled case. The total interval was the shortest time (21.97 minutes) in the cancellation cases and the longest time among the death cases (32.23 minutes). Conclusion: It is important to suggest the direction of development of emergency services by identifying the reasons for non-transport by ambulance services and describing the response time according to the reason for non-transport.

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