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Response time of the Beijing 120 emergency medical service
1Beijing Emergency Medical Center, Beijing, China. zhangjj-120@hotmail.com
Background:
To assess the response time and the details of the operating procedure of the Beijing 120 Emergency Medical Service (EMS).
Methods:
Between June and December 2005, 51 918 EMS cases recorded in the Dispatch Center of the Beijing Emergency Medical Center were analysed.
Results:
The median response time of the 51 918 cases was 16.5 min; the cumulative proportions were 2.28%, 9.64% and 18.04% for less than 5 min, 8 min and 10 min of response time respectively, whereas the proportion was 19.20% for more than 30 min of response time.
Conclusions:
On the basis of this analysis, the response time of the Beijing 120 EMS system was found to be longer than that indicated by the national standards.
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