MODEL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEMS

A SIMULATION MODEL IS DESCRIBED WHICH CAN BE USED IN PLANNING AND DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEM. THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEM MODEL (EMSS II) IS A CLOSED, EVENT-BASED SIMULATION PROGRAMMED IN A VERSION OF FORTRAN. THE MODEL INCLUDES DETECTION, COMMUNICATION, PATIENT ACQUISITION, TRANSPORT, AND TREATMENT FUNCTIONS OF THESE SYSTEMS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Ori-tr 555, 169 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Operations Research Incorporated

  Silver Spring, MD  United States 
• Authors:
  • Hare, R R
  • Wemple, A B
• Publication Date: 1969-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Communication systems; Communities; Computer programming; Detection and identification; Detectors; Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards and emergency operations; Mathematical models; Medical services; Simulation; Transportation
• Identifier Terms: FORTRAN (Computer program language)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Programming
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220764
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 19 1970 12:00AM