Study of pre-hospital emergency systems using geographic information systems

  • Florencia Mosconi Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas y Sociales del Sur. Centro Científico Tecnológico Bahía Blanca-CONICET (Argentina).
  • Diógenes Dombald Laboratorio ENA, Bahía Blanca (Argentina).
  • Nebel Moscoso Departamento de Economía. Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca (Argentina).
  • Alberto Bandoni Planta Piloto Ingeniería Quimica, Centro Científico Tecnológico PLAPIQUI-CONICET (Argentina).
  • Aníbal Blanco Planta Piloto Ingeniería Quimica, Centro Científico Tecnológico PLAPIQUI-CONICET (Argentina).
  • Susana Moreno Planta Piloto Ingeniería Quimica, Centro Científico Tecnológico PLAPIQUI-CONICET (Argentina).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/aguc.85178
Keywords: Pre-hospital care, geographical information system, optimal location

Abstract

This work proposes the study of pre-hospital emergency systems using the tools provided by geographic information systems. The current situation of the system is analyzed and several scenarios for relocating the existing ambulance stations and the inclusion of a new one are proposed. In all cases, the adopted performance criterion is the area of coverage for a certain response time to the first call. The emergency system of the Bahía Blanca city, a medium-sized city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was used as a case study. The data registered in the service database, corresponding to one year of operation, were used. Results show that relocating the ambulance stations/vehicles allows improving the performance criterion at the cost of reducing the system robustness in the face of a second and third emergency call in high-demand areas.

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Nebel Moscoso, Departamento de Economía. Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca (Argentina).



Alberto Bandoni, Planta Piloto Ingeniería Quimica, Centro Científico Tecnológico PLAPIQUI-CONICET (Argentina).



Aníbal Blanco, Planta Piloto Ingeniería Quimica, Centro Científico Tecnológico PLAPIQUI-CONICET (Argentina).



Susana Moreno, Planta Piloto Ingeniería Quimica, Centro Científico Tecnológico PLAPIQUI-CONICET (Argentina).



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Published
2022-12-16
How to Cite
Mosconi F. ., Dombald D. ., Moscoso N. ., Bandoni A. ., Blanco A. . y Moreno S. . (2022). Study of pre-hospital emergency systems using geographic information systems. Anales de Geografía de la Universidad Complutense, 42(2), 445-461. https://doi.org/10.5209/aguc.85178
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Vol. 42 No. 2 (2022)
Section
Studios and Research

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