Time Synchronization in Emergency Response Time Measurement

F. Jordan Srour, Nabil Georges Badr

2017

Abstract

Emergency response time reporting requires data provided by multiple systems. Whenever more than one system produces a time stamp, issues of time synchronization across systems manifest. As emergency response time targets are often short (8 minutes or less) and critical to public perceptions of service, errors in reporting these times are unacceptable. This article seeks to quantify the probability and magnitude of such errors through an empirical study of one emergency medical dispatch system.

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Srour F. and Badr N. (2017). Time Synchronization in Emergency Response Time Measurement . In Proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 5: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2017) ISBN 978-989-758-213-4, pages 199-204. DOI: 10.5220/0006096001990204


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@conference{healthinf17,
author={F. Jordan Srour and Nabil Georges Badr},
title={Time Synchronization in Emergency Response Time Measurement},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 5: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2017)},
year={2017},
pages={199-204},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006096001990204},
isbn={978-989-758-213-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 5: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2017)
TI - Time Synchronization in Emergency Response Time Measurement
SN - 978-989-758-213-4
AU - Srour F.
AU - Badr N.
PY - 2017
SP - 199
EP - 204
DO - 10.5220/0006096001990204