2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Spatial and time seriesanalysis on the regional emergency medical services.
| Project/Area Number |
17590548
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Public health/Health science
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| Research Institution | Yokohama City University |
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Principal Investigator |
OHSHIGE Kenji Yokohama City University, School of Medicine, Associate professor, 医学部, 準教授 (50343398)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TOCHIKUBO Osamu Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor, 医学研究科, 教授 (30046099)
KUBOTA Katsuaki National Research Institute of Fire and disaster, Research Group of Ambulance Service, Researcher, 消防研究所・基盤研究部, 研究員 (90358797)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Keywords | Out・of-hospital emergency medicine / Ambulance / Geographic information System / Time-series analysis / Spatial analysis |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aimed at characterizing the change in daily ambulance transport. We also conducted spatial analysis on an efficient arrangement of ambulance in a large Japanese city.
The study comprised a retrospective analysis of Yokohama city ambulance records. Daily fluctuation of ambulance transports was described by causes of ambulance transports. Geographic information system (GIS) was used to conduct the spatial analysis.
The peak times of children's ambulance use and elderly persons' ambulance use were different. The peak period when children need emergency medical services was the evening (4:00 PM-12:00 midnight). The peak period when elderly persons need emergency medical services was the morning (6:00 AM-12:00 noon). There were two peaks for the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest at 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM.
The spatial analysis showed that it is important to establish a multi-leveled deployment of ambulance service.
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Research Products
(5 results)
