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Implementation of the FAST emergency vehicle pre-emption system may improve the outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: a 7-year observational study
- Published: 1 March 2011
Keywords
- Logistic Regression
- Response Time
- Logistic Regression Analysis
- Emergency Medicine
- Cardiac Arrest
Introduction
The interval of call to arrival is one of the major factors associated with good outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs). The FAST system helps emergency vehicles reach a scene quickly by controlling the traffic signals. The aim of study is to investigate whether the FAST system may improve the outcomes of OHCAs by decreasing the response time.
Methods
We analyzed the data from OHCAs that were witnessed or recognized by citizens from April 2003 to March 2010. The OHCA data were compared between the two groups transported by ambulances with and without FAST units. The comparisons were made in the central and peripheral areas with and without FAST-controlled signals.
Results
Effect of the FAST implementation on outcomes of OHCAs in the two regions.
Conclusions
The implementation of FAST may improve the outcomes of OHCAs mainly by reducing the interval of call to arrival.
Authors’ Affiliations
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This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.