Simulation-based Analysis of Co-dispatching in Prehospital Stroke Care
2024 (English)In: Procedia Computer Science, E-ISSN 1877-0509, Vol. 238, p. 412-419Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
A mobile stroke unit (MSU) is a specialized ambulance, enabling to shorten the time to diagnosis and treatment for stroke patients. In the current paper, we present a simulation-based approach to study the potential impacts of collaborative use of regular ambulances and MSUs in prehospital transportation for stroke patients, denoted as co-dispatching. We integrated a co-dispatch policy in an existing modeling framework for constructing emergency medical services simulation models. In a case study, we applied the extended framework to southern Sweden to evaluate the effectiveness of using the co-dispatch policy for different types of stroke. The results indicate reduced time to diagnosis and treatment for stroke patients when using the co-dispatch policy compared to the situation where either a regular ambulance or an MSU is assigned for a stroke incident.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2024. Vol. 238, p. 412-419
Keywords [en]
Co-dispatch, MSU, Simulation, Framework, Stroke, Transportation
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-70240DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2024.06.042Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85199555813OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-70240DiVA, id: diva2:1889409
Conference
15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT), Hasselt, Belgium, April 23-25, 2024
2024-08-152024-08-152024-11-22Bibliographically approved