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  • 1Institute of Medical Sciences and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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|February 7, 1994
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Investing an extra $100 per flight in air medical services can significantly improve patient survival rates by 1% to 30%. This study highlights the value of optimizing air ambulance operations for better patient outcomes.

Area of Science:

  • Emergency medical services
  • Health systems research
  • Transportation science

Background:

  • Quantitative measurement of air medical system performance is not well-established.
  • Optimal management strategies for air medical emergency medical services are lacking.
  • Tools for air medical system design and quality management are scarce.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate a computer simulation tool for air ambulance system design, quality management, and optimization.
  • To test the hypothesis that shorter patient transfer times improve survival and aircraft performance correlates with operating costs.
  • To identify the optimal balance between aircraft performance, flight economics, and patient survival probability.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a user-friendly, high-performance computer simulation tool.

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  • Modeling the system on the Ontario, Canada, air ambulance operation.
  • Analysis of the relationship between direct operating costs, block speed, and patient survival probability.

    • Main Results:

    • An additional $100 per flight in direct operating costs can improve system quality.
    • Predicted patient survival probability can increase by 1% to 30% with increased investment.
    • The impact of air medical transport on survival is distinct from post-arrival emergency department care.

    Conclusions:

    • Computer-based simulators are valuable tools for analyzing air medical data.
    • Simulation tools can help optimize air medical system operations for improved patient survival.
    • The developed simulator can aid in cost-effective decision-making for air medical services.