Emergency Medical Services

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Emergency medical services (EMS) organizations must ensure that trained personnel and medical equipment arrive on the scene within time standards. GIS plays an essential role in optimizing the deployment of EMS resources and reducing response times. [PDF]

GIS provides decision makers with the information they need to

• Analyze historical incidents to determine staffing and resource needs.
• Provide dynamic analysis to determine optimum EMS unit positioning.
• Supply dispatchers with a comprehensive view of EMS unit locations and their response capability.
• Create a common operating picture that dynamically updates incident and unit locations.
• Support EMS units with field GIS capabilities.

Success Stories

Learn how emergency medical services organizations benefit from the use of geographic analysis and GIS.

• Hospitals Get a Jolt of Reality with HAZUS-MH Earthquake Analysis Results [PDF]
• How GIS Is Changing Loma Linda University Medical Center's View of the World

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