title: Response time evaluation for emergency medical service as a part of its performance.
abstract: The study aimed to evaluate the response time (RT) of a French physician-staffed emergency medical service unit in both first-line and second-line service zones a part of its performance and how best to integrate it into its geographical specificity and showed acceptable RTs (mostly <10 min). Interestingly, because of the particular location next to other districts, RTs are in the same range for some municipalities that are adjacent to the first-line and area. In a new system in which catching areas would not only be based on administrative criteria anymore but also on performance evaluation, RTs for emergency medical service might be optimised.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Service Unit, Beaujon University Hospital, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: François-Xavier
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Duchateau
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garnier-Connois
authors.forename: Agnès
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ricard-Hibon
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Josseaume
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casalino
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005602:France; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000379:methods; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors