TY - GEN
T1 - Decreasing ambulance response time through an optimal base location
AU - Villarreal, Bernardo
AU - Granda-Gutierrez, Edgar Marco Aurelio
AU - Bastidas, Samantha Lankenau Ana Cristina
AU - Montalvo, Andrea
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - An important effort of academic research has been realized to improve ambulance response time (the time between the receipt of a call at the dispatch center and the arrival of the first emergency response vehicle at the scene). This study recommends the application of Lean Transportation concepts to achieve shorter ambulance response times. The approach considers the reduction of the time required to travel distance in excess waste by placing ambulances in optimal locations through mathematical modeling. In this project this is applied to the Monterrey metropolitan operations of the Mexican Red Cross. Results of the application are provided.
AB - An important effort of academic research has been realized to improve ambulance response time (the time between the receipt of a call at the dispatch center and the arrival of the first emergency response vehicle at the scene). This study recommends the application of Lean Transportation concepts to achieve shorter ambulance response times. The approach considers the reduction of the time required to travel distance in excess waste by placing ambulances in optimal locations through mathematical modeling. In this project this is applied to the Monterrey metropolitan operations of the Mexican Red Cross. Results of the application are provided.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85051534345
VL - 2017
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
SP - 422
EP - 429
BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
PB - IEOM Society
T2 - European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.IEOM 2017
Y2 - 24 July 2017 through 25 July 2017
ER -