A method to reduce response times in prehospital care: The motorcycle experience

The impact of an emergency motorcycle response vehicle on prehospital care in an urban area

“…Compared with the ambulance, the MRV in Utrecht has a shorter response time of approximately 1 min, a finding similar to that of Lin et al in Taiwan [2]. However, in Oslo (Norway), the introduction of a motorcycle shaved off only 30 s from average response times [3].…”

“…A special concern relating to the use of an MRV is that of safety of the paramedic and this has been mentioned in a couple of the published studies [2,3,7]. This study was not designed to look at paramedic safety, however, during this time there was one fall without injury (0.2% accident rate).…”

Emergency medical services in Singapore

“…In 1992, because of long ambulance response times due to traffic congestion in urban Singapore, 6 EAS introduced a motorcycle-based Fast Response Medic scheme (FRM) to provide care to road-traffic trauma victims. The scheme reduced response times from 15 to 8 minutes.…”

The fast emergency vehicle pre-emption system improved the outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

“…Although reducing the response time may improve OHCA outcomes [3][4][5][6][7], there are only a few ways to achieve it. For example, response times can be improved by increasing the number of ambulance teams and fire department offices, or by equipping additional first-line responders with defibrillators, such as the fire fighters and police services [8,9].…”