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104 <br /> EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) <br /> ISSUES OF CONCERN <br /> Response Time <br /> . . Have recommend that EMS vehicles should respond to deliver <br /> BLS (basic life support) skills within 3 to 4 minutes, with ALS <br /> (advanced life support) skills available within 6 to 8 minutes. The <br /> ALS-within-8-minute concept was developed from research that <br /> showed the survival rate of cardiac arrest victims decreases <br /> significantly with each passing minute, and that optimal <br /> probabilities for survival increase when BLS has been provided <br /> within 4 minutes followed by ALS within 8 minutes." <br /> American College of Emergency Physicians <br /> American Heart Association <br /> American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons <br /> National Fire Protection Association <br /> Orange County EMS: 2007-2011 <br /> Total Units Turn-Out Travel Total <br /> Year <br /> Dispatched Time Time Resp.Time <br /> 2007 9,269 1:41 7:41 9:26 <br /> 2008 9,833 1:38 8:15 9:56 <br /> 2009 10,614 1:29 9:15 10:49 <br /> 2010 11,893 1:27 9:47 11:14 <br /> 2011 10,719 1:16 9:30 10:47 <br /> 5 Year Average: 0:01:30 0:08:53 0:10:26 <br /> 1. <br />