EMS Logistics
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems are complex systems, characterized by significant variation in service providers, care pathways, patient case-mix and quality care indicators. The common goal for all service providers is to offer medical assistance to patients with serious injuries or illnesses as quickly as possible.
Against this background this group seeks to make an overview of and analyze the logistical problems arising for EMS providers, demonstrating how some of these problems are related and intertwined.