Improving Lagos State emergency medical services by analysing road traffic accident data, response time, and efficient allocation of ambulances

• Main Authors: Sayeed Salam, PhD (Author), Avirut Mehta (Author), Dohyeong Kim, PhD (Author), Justina Seyi-Olajide, PhD (Author), Nicholas Allo, PhD (Author), Chenchita Malolan, MPH (Author), Fiemu Nwariaku, MD (Author), Latifur Khan, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Emergency medical services (EMS) play a critical role in the response to road traffic accidents (RTAs) by providing critical prehospital care to RTA victims, and thus helping to reduce the severity of injuries and casualties from RTAs. Analysing the efficiency of such systems and optimis...