SIMULATION MODELING OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

The application of fundamental computer simulation techniques to the planning and evaluation of an emergency medical services (EMS) system was studied, in order to assist local communication managers and planners in designing, modifying and evaluating their EMS telecommunication system to support the goals and objectives of their EMS system. Assuming time to be a critical EMS system variable, the study examines the time variable by dividing the EMS system functions into nine major processes, which are then factored with flow charts into subprocesses for further analysis. The computer simulation language used is the General Purpose Simulation System (GPSS), a block-diagram language designed to accommodate the discrete nature of the EMS subprocesses. A minimum of user experience is required. A significant bibliography is included.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Originally a master's thesis, University of Colorado, Electrical Engineering School.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Telecommunications and Information Admin

  Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
  Boulder, CO  United States  80303
• Authors:
  • Hunt, H D
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 164 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards and emergency operations; Simulation; Telecommunications; Time
• Old TRIS Terms: Time factor
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391461
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: NTIA-SP-80-5, HS-028 707
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM