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Table 2 Response time in minutes at various steps of ambulance flows by priority code, 2012

From: A Thailand case study based on quantitative assessment: does a national lead agency make a difference in pre-hospital care development in middle income countries?

  

Ambulance flows

 

Priority code

Duration (minute)

Call taking to dispatch

Station exit

Station exit to scene

Scene to hospital

Total

Critical

mean

1.86

1.49

9.33

11.28

29.34

(N = 156,625)

median

0

1

7

9

24

 

SD

27.43

8.03

10.90

16.55

34.14

 

IQR

0-1

1.0-1.3

4-12

5-15

16.00-35.00

Moderate

mean

1.40

1.12

6.36

13.72

25.71

(N = 792,819)

median

0.15

1

4.51

12

23

 

SD

25.53

6.66

8.69

12.56

25.41

 

IQR

0-1

0.2-1.0

2-8

6-19

15.67-32.00

Mild/not urgent

mean

1.26

1.08

5.65

13.85

25.12

(N = 222,120)

median

0

1

4

12

22

 

SD

22.65

6.03

7.84

12.43

23.73

 

IQR

0-1

0-1

2-7

6-19

15.50-31.00