Air medical journal
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Air medical journal · Mar 1994
A computer-based simulator for air ambulance system analysis, design and optimization.
Little is known about how best to quantitatively measure air medical system performance and optimally manage air medical emergency medical services start-up, operation and growth. Moreover, very little has been done to produce and distribute relevant tools for these critical tasks. ⋯ A notable feature of this model is that it separates the impact of air medical transport on patient survival from subsequent measures undertaken at the emergency department after delivery to the trauma center. The current needs of the air medical transport industry, combined with the progress to date, suggest that computer-based simulators can be a powerful, cost-effective means of extracting meaning from air medical data and applying the results to productive ends.