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Does Urban Sprawl Delay Ambulance Arrival?

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Does Urban Sprawl Delay Ambulance Arrival?

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–> Home | Browse by Day | or Program | Author Index 204485 Emergency Response and the Built Environment: Does Urban Sprawl Delay Ambulance Arrival? Monday, November 9, 2009 Matthew J. Trowbridge, MD, MPH , Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Matthew Gurka, PhD , Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Robert O’Connor, MD, MPH , Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Handout (free access) Handout (free access) Objective: Minimizing emergency medical service (EMS) response time is an essential objective of prehospital care; yet the potential influence of the built environment on system performance is often not considered. In this study, we measured the association between urban sprawl and EMS response time to test the hypothesis that features of sprawling development increase the probability of delayed ambulance arrival. Methods: EMS response times for 43,254 motor