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. 2020 Jan 7;20:1. doi: 10.1186/s12873-019-0299-1

Table 3.

Dispatch service quality improvement indicators

DS Seoul Hanoi Tokyo Miri Davao Tainan Telangana Singapore Bangkok
Review OHCA Run Sheets Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Sharing of OHCA Patient Data Between DS and:
 AS Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes
 RH Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No
 AS & RH in Common Registry No No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
EMS KPIs Measured Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
 First contact to EMS dispatch Yes NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
 EMS dispatch to arrival at scene Yes NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
 Arrival at hospital from scene Yes NA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OHCA KPIs Measured Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
 EMS Time logs Yes NA Yes No Yes Yes NA Yes Yes
 DACPR Recognition Rate Yes NA Yes Yes No Yes NA Yes Yes
 Time to DACPR Recognition Yes NA Yes No Yes Yes NA Yes No
 DACPR Start Rate Yes NA Yes Yes No Yes NA Yes No
 Time to DACPR Start Yes NA Yes No Yes Yes NA Yes No
 Compression start rate Yes NA No Yes Yes Yes NA Yes Yes
 Time to first compression Yes NA No No No Yes NA Yes Yes
 Barriers to recognition Yes NA Yes Yes No Yes NA Yes No
 Barriers to compression No NA No Yes No Yes NA Yes Yes
Patient Outcomes Measured No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
 Pre-Hospital ROSC Rates NA NA Yes NA Yes Yes NA Yes Yes
 Hospital admission rate NA NA No NA No Yes NA Yes Yes
 Survival Rate NA NA No NA Yes Yes NA Yes Yes
 Rate of good functional recovery NA NA No NA No Yes NA Yes Yes

EMS Emergency medical service, OHCA Out of hospital cardiac arrest, DS Dispatch service, DACPR Dispatcher assisted cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, AS Ambulance service, RH Receiving hospital, KPI Key performance indicator, ROSC Return of spontaneous circulation