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  • Emergency Medicine
  • Health Services Research
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Ambulance offload delays (AODs) impact patient care, emergency medical services (EMS), hospitals, and communities.
  • Published data on recent patterns of ambulance patient offload times (APOTs) are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze patterns in APOTs across California local EMS agencies.
  • To investigate variations in APOTs between and within these agencies.

Main Methods:

  • A cohort study analyzing 5,913,399 ambulance offloads from January 1, 2021, to June 30, 2023.
  • Utilized APOT reports from the California EMS Authority and local EMS agencies.
  • Calculated mean annual offloads per 1000 population using US Census Bureau data.

Main Results:

  • The statewide APOT-1 weighted mean was 42.8 minutes; the median monthly hospital-level APOT-1 was 28.9 minutes.
  • 47.1% of agencies exceeded the 30-minute state standard for APOT-1 weighted mean.
  • 60.6% of agencies showed worsening APOT-1 weighted means in 2023 compared to 2021.

Conclusions:

  • Approximately half of California EMS agencies consistently exceed the 30-minute state standard for ambulance offload times.
  • Significant variations in APOTs exist both between and within local EMS agencies.
  • Findings suggest a need for collaborative efforts to address systemic issues causing prolonged ambulance offload times.