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Improving EMS Deployment Performance

High Performance EMS

For any ambulance call, there are two potential segments of travel. The response phase where a unit is enroute to the patient and the secondary transport phase where a patient is delivered to the “most appropriate facility” for definitive care. EMS agencies typically target a UHU of between 0.30

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Optimizing Demand Forecasts

High Performance EMS

Part of his justification is the average busy time of a unit being about an hour and to simplify the calculation of a Unit Hour Utilization (UHU). It is also common for ambulances to be busy longer than an hour in our post-pandemic world.

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