2018
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-865020180120000009
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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 expectanc… Show more

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“…Although Nigeria is among one-third of African countries that have emergency medical services (EMS) [ 36 ], there are lingering problems with EMS coverage, immediate availability and awareness of the public about EMS operations [ 37 ]. The time from activation of emergency medical services to response is between 15 and 35 min [ 37 , 38 ] which is longer than [8 min] recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) [ 39 ]. Government-funded EMS suffer from poor maintenance and lack of infrastructure and medical consumables [ 37 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although Nigeria is among one-third of African countries that have emergency medical services (EMS) [ 36 ], there are lingering problems with EMS coverage, immediate availability and awareness of the public about EMS operations [ 37 ]. The time from activation of emergency medical services to response is between 15 and 35 min [ 37 , 38 ] which is longer than [8 min] recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) [ 39 ]. Government-funded EMS suffer from poor maintenance and lack of infrastructure and medical consumables [ 37 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the United States, the time allowed to reach a trauma patient is no more than 9 min [9]. Because of this, various efforts have been made to reduce the time it takes to reach patients [10], [11], [12], [13].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is a deficit in key performance indicator (KPI) publications. In Asia, for example, only 9 studies looked at the response time as a KPI in the evaluation of EMS services, despite the emphasis by the WHO to achieve an optimal response time of 8 min or less [38].…”
Section: Challengesmentioning
confidence: 99%