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Med J Tabriz Uni Med Sciences. 2024;46(4): 462-468.
doi: 10.34172/mj.2024.048
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Emergency Medicine

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Performance evaluation of motorlance in the Pre-hospital Emergency System of Tabriz City 2018-2021

Alireza Ghanbari Gharibdoosti 1 ORCID logo, Haniyeh Ebrahimi Bakhtavar 2 ORCID logo, Ali Ahmadinia 3, Nader Pourhassan 4, Amir Sedighi 4 ORCID logo, Farzad Rahmani 1* ORCID logo

1 Emergency and Trauma Care Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
3 Pre-hospital Emergency and Disaster Management Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
4 PhD Student of Remote Sensing & GIS, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Email: rahmanif@tbzmed.ac.ir

Abstract

Background. Studies have shown that the application of motorcycles in the pre-hospital emergency services in an urban environment improves the time index and the quality of services. The present study aimed to evaluate the performance of the services provided by motorlance in the Tabriz metropolis between 2018-2021.

Methods. In this cross-sectional study conducted in the Tabriz pre-hospital emergency center, the recorded data about the patients using motorlance between 2018-2021 were collected and examined. The collected variables included the age, sex, chief complaint of the patients, vital signs of the patients, and final result of the mission in the pre-hospital setting. Two important indices of reaction time and response time in all the missions were evaluated.

Results. A total of 9866 motorlance missions were completed during the study period. The mean reaction time was 68.24±62.91 seconds, and the mean response time was 641.70±304.48 seconds. Examination of the patients' chief complaint revealed that the lowest reaction time was for patients with abdominal pain (mean 44.90), and the lowest response time was for patients with cardiopulmonary arrest (mean 550.52).

Conclusion. It was concluded that the timing indicators of motorlance missions were within the acceptable range for ambulances.

Practical Implications. It was found necessary to increase the number of motorlance in metropolitan cities and employ experienced and knowledgeable personnel in motorlance in order to improve the existing situation and the quality of services.


How to cite this article: Ghanbari Gharibdoosti A, Ebrahimi Bakhtavar H, Ahmadinia A, Pourhassan N, Sedighi A, Rahmani F. Performance evaluation of motorlance in the Pre-hospital Emergency System of Tabriz City 2018-2021. Med J Tabriz Uni Med Sciences. 2024;46(4): doi: 10.34172/mj.2024.048. Persian.
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Submitted: 21 Oct 2023
Accepted: 14 Nov 2023
ePublished: 10 Sep 2024
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