An analysis of Emergency Medical Services demand: Time of day, day of the week, and location in the city

Sarıyer, Görkem; Ataman, Mustafa Gökalp; Akay, Serhat; Sofuoğlu, Turhan; Sofuoğlu, Zeynep

doi:10.1016/j.tjem.2016.12.002

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“…The number of calls for communicable disease reached 12,884 from 1 March to 23 April 2020. This surge in calls likely relates to the following: (i) An increase in suspected COVID-19 cases due to new guidelines for classifying any patient with cough or fever as infectious, and (ii) fear of transporting patients with fever, cough, or other symptoms of COVID-19 in personal vehicles leading to an increase in calls to EMS for an ambulance [ 16 ]. Saudi Arabia has a high proportion of EMS calls for trauma due to motor vehicle collisions [ 17 ].…”

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Increased Emergency Calls during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A National Retrospective Study

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The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has a direct and indirect effect on the different healthcare systems around the world. In this study, we aim to describe the impact on the utilization of emergency medical services (EMS) in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. We studied cumulative data from emergency calls collected from the SRCA. Data were separated into three periods: before COVID-19 (1 January–29 February 2020), during COVID-19 (1 March–23 April 2020), and during the Holy Month of Ramadan (24 April–23 May 2020). A marked increase of cases was handled during the COVID-19 period compared to the number before pandemic. Increases in all types of cases, except for those related to trauma, occurred during COVID-19, with all regions experiencing increased call volumes during COVID-19 compared with before pandemic. Demand for EMS significantly increased throughout Saudi Arabia during the pandemic period. Use of the mobile application ASAFNY to request an ambulance almost doubled during the pandemic but remained a small fraction of total calls. Altered weekly call patterns and increased call volume during the pandemic indicated not only a need for increased staff but an alteration in staffing patterns.

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Increased Emergency Calls during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A National Retrospective Study

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“…20 Previous studies have shown that high population densities and high proportions of females and elderly people lead to higher EMS utilizations. 15,21,22 Residences in high-rise buildings have longer EMS response times. 23 Therefore, the proportion of apartments in the area was included in the analysis to assess its association with EMS utilizations.…”

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The individual and neighborhood factors associated with the use of emergency medical services in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

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Chul

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Clin Exp Emerg Med

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“…Our intention a priori in this study was to identify if weather-related variables were potential predictors of EMS demand after accounting for other factors known to affect the timing of EMS responses. As such, we included weekend/weekday status in our model as this variable has been specifically known to be associated with EMS demand (25,26).…”

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Weather and Temporal Factors Associated with Use of Emergency Medical Services

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Dunnick²,

Owusu‐Ansah³

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Prehospital Emergency Care

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Background: Fluctuations in emergency medical services (EMS) responses can have a substantial impact on the ability of agencies to meet resource needs within an EMS system. We aimed to identify weather characteristics as potentially predictable factors associated with EMS responses. Methods: We reviewed hourly counts of scene responses documented by 24 EMS agencies in Western Pennsylvania from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2017 and compared rates of responses to weather characteristics. Responses to counties nonadjacent to the studied weather reporting station and interfacility/scheduled transports were excluded. We identified the mean temperature, meters visibility, dew point, wind speed, total millimeters of precipitation, and presence of rain or snow in 6-hour windows prior to dispatch, in addition to temporal factors of time of day and weekend vs. weekday. Analysis was performed using multivariable linear regression of a negative binomial distribution, reporting incidence rate ratios (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Secondary analyses were performed for transports to the hospital and cases involving transports for traumatic complaints and pediatric patients (age <18 years). Results: We included 529,058 responses (54.8% female, mean age 57.2 ± SD 24.7 years). In our multivariable model, responses were associated with (IRR, 95% CI) rain (1.10, 1.08-1.11) snow (1.07, 1.05-1.09), and both rain and snow (1.15, 1.11-1.19). A lower incidence of responses occurred on weekends (0.84, 0.83-0.85) and at night (0.62,0.61-0.62). Increasing temperature in 5 °C increments was associated with an increase in responses across seasons with an effect that varied between 1.16 (1.15-1.17) in winter to 1.31 (1.28-1.33) in summer. Windy weather was associated with increased responses from light breeze (1.10, 1.09-1.11) to fresh breeze or greater (1.23, 1.16-1.30). Transports occurred in a similar pattern to responses. Trauma transports

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An analysis of Emergency Medical Services demand: Time of day, day of the week, and location in the city

Cited by 20 publications

References 13 publications

Increased Emergency Calls during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A National Retrospective Study

Increased Emergency Calls during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Saudi Arabia: A National Retrospective Study

The individual and neighborhood factors associated with the use of emergency medical services in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Weather and Temporal Factors Associated with Use of Emergency Medical Services

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