EMERGENCY MEDICAL & PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES TABLES 44, 46 AND 49: NATIONAL PERFORAMNCE INDICATORS FOR EMS AND PATIENT TRANSPORT Indicator Short Purpose/ Source Method of Data Type of Calculation Reporting New Desired Indicator Title Definition Importance Calculation Limitations Indicator Type Cycle Indicator Performance Responsibility Rostered Number of Track the EMS Numerator: Input Sum Quarterly No Higher EMS Manager all rostered availability of Information number of ambulances Total number of ambulances rostered Systems roistered per 10 000 roistered per 10 000 ambulances ambulances population ambulances people in the may lead to province faster response Denominator: time her Total population in the province (divided by 10 000) P1 calls with a Percentage Monitor EMS Numerator: Accuracy Quality Percentage Quarterly No Higher EMS Manager response of of P1 call Information dependant percentage Response No priority 1 time <15 outs to urban Systems on quality indicate times within urban calls minutes in an locations of data from better national where urban area with reporting response urban target response EMS times in the Response times times within station urban area within national national urban target urban target (15 mins) Denominator: All priority 1 urban Call outs
EMERGENCY MEDICAL & PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICES TABLES 44, 46 AND 49: NATIONAL PERFORAMNCE INDICATORS FOR EMS AND PATIENT TRANSPORT Indicator Title Short Definition Purpose/ Importance Source Method of Calculation Data Limitations Type of Indicator Calculation Type Reporting Cycle New Indicator Desired Performance Indicator Responsibility Rostered ambulances per 10 000 population Number of all rostered ambulances per 10 000 people in the province Track the availability of rostered ambulances EMS Information Systems Numerator: Total number of roistered ambulances Denominator: Total population in the province (divided by 10 000) Input Sum Quarterly No Higher number of roistered ambulances may lead to faster response time her EMS Manager P1 calls with a response of time <15 minutes in an urban area Percentage of P1 call outs to urban locations with response times within national urban target (15 mins) Monitor Response times within national urban target EMS Information Systems Numerator: No priority 1 urban calls where Response times within national urban target Denominator: All priority 1 urban Call outs Accuracy dependant on quality of data from reporting EMS station Quality Percentage Quarterly No Higher percentage indicate better response times in the urban area EMS Manager