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Improving EMS Deployment Performance

High Performance EMS

While response is a simple and common measure, it clearly does not evaluate EMS well and certainly fails to encapsulate many of its complex needs and values. EMS agencies typically target a UHU of between 0.30 Still, I feel the necessity to address the time objective briefly before going on to other important aspects.

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Passing ‘Fast’ for ‘Appropriate’ Responses

High Performance EMS

One of the more challenging issues that has become as endemic as the disease itself is the recruitment and retention of EMS professionals. Assigning an appropriate unit for this call can actually reduce the effective activity, or UHU, of other resources.

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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). Again, Jack Stout recommended modeling each hour of each day for a total of 168 unique timeframes of the week.

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