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103 <br /> EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) <br /> ISSUES OF CONCERN <br /> Response Time <br /> "The time from the initial alert or announcement by the Communications <br /> Center of the reported emergency, to the time that the service vehicle and <br /> appropriate personnel arrive on the scene." <br /> The factors that most commonly impact response time include: <br /> • The time required to access and engage the vehicle <br /> • The speed at which the emergency vehicle is able to travel, <br /> • The distance that must be covered to the incident dispatched, and <br /> • Under what conditions. <br /> ,f <br /> I�f 1 III <br /> � // dill��/llllri 0-1 minute; cardiac irritability <br /> �� I <br /> 0-4 minutes; brain damage not likely <br /> 4 6 minutes; brain damage possible <br /> /,/ � 6-10 minutes; brain damage likel <br /> iiD ` �'�rll` g Y Y <br /> / i >10 minutes; irreversible brain damage <br /> II III <br /> Ij/ IIIIIN <br /> lijil((il /(/ I'iri it: I)) WI)))ii#(ii\iiiiPll'Ild1111111::11111111111111111111111111 4 liIIIIIINIIg ill 11111 III, <br /> HI 1,1 Adidril 1,4011011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110111 mil <br /> 11 .1 I. 211.10111111111111 <br /> Source:American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons <br />