We introduce a Bayesian model for estimating the distribution of ambulance travel times on each road segment in a city, using Global Positioning System (GPS) data. Due to sparseness and error in the GPS data, the exact ambulance paths and travel times on each road segment are unknown. We simultaneously estimate the paths, travel times, and parameters of each road segment travel time distributio...

Background Prognostication in patients with cardiac arrest (CA) is (amongst other things) dependent on the duration of the CA. However in patients with out-of-hospital CA, the patient is often handed over from the ambulance crew to hospital staff. During the hand-over ambulance crews often present a printed summary of events during the resuscitation attempt from the defibrillator. As treatment ...

We propose a regression approach for estimating the distribution of ambulance travel times between any two locations in a road network. Our method uses ambulance location data that can be sparse in both time and network coverage, such as Global Positioning System data. Estimates depend on the path traveled and on explanatory variables such as the time of day and day of week. By modeling at the ...

OBJECTIVE To develop an understanding of the current system and future development of training and education within a large UK ambulance trust, based upon the experiences, beliefs, and opinions of stakeholders. METHODS This was a qualitative naturalistic inquiry using an interpretative constructivist approach for 44 interviews with a range of ambulance staff. Stakeholder views on training and...

rapidly advancing spinal cord compression.4 A normal cell count in the C.S.F., an increase in protein, and a more or less complete block on myelography are to be expected.5 According to Arseni and Samitca4 it is difficult, if not impossible, to differentiate between extramedullary and intramedullary tuberculoma before surgery as the radiological picture in both is identical. To the best of our ...

During transportation by ambulance, the inertial acceleration acts on a patient when an ambulance decelerates or turns a corner. Such acceleration often gives a supine patient physical stress such as blood pressure variation and body sway, which results in pain or a feeling of discomfort. To reduce this undesirable effect of the acceleration, the actively-controlled bed, which controls a postur...