The study of guarding and cruising modes of ambulances for emergency medical service
Journal
Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
8
Pages
440-450
Date Issued
2020
Abstract
Typically, an ambulance standbys at a fire station for a task dispatch call when an emergency medical service is requested. In order to enhance the response time to the service, we propose a resource reallocation policy that dispatching ambulances to stay at some hotspots (Guarding mode) or even cruise on specific routes (Cruising mode) during certain time periods instead of residing at fire stations. By analyzing the historical data collected from New Taipei City in Taiwan, areas with high frequency of emergency medical events and peak time periods are determined. A simulation model is constructed to evaluate the proposed rule and the results show that the response time of completing an emergency medical service can be significantly reduced.
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Type
journal article