Abbott Rosa M
College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
Fam Community Health. 2008 Jan-Mar;31(1):35-43. doi: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000304066.48195.a4.
In keeping with emergency medical services (EMS) industry standards, response time requirements of EMS units in Arkansas are temporally based and reflect traditionally accepted concepts of reasonable access to emergency care services. However, time-centric response standards may be unrealistic and may place ambulance staff and patients at risk, particularly during mass casualty events. In view of the availability of current technology to efficiently re-route EMS units on the basis of geographic realities, traditional 4-minute and 8-minute response time standards should be reevaluated and replaced by or added to standards that emphasize spatially based objectives.
根据紧急医疗服务（EMS）行业标准，阿肯色州紧急医疗服务单位的响应时间要求是基于时间的，并反映了传统上公认的合理获得紧急护理服务的概念。然而，以时间为中心的响应标准可能不现实，并且可能使救护人员和患者处于危险之中，特别是在大规模伤亡事件期间。鉴于现有技术能够根据地理实际情况有效地重新规划紧急医疗服务单位的路线，应重新评估传统的4分钟和8分钟响应时间标准，并用强调基于空间的目标的标准取而代之或加以补充。
