Simulation-based Analysis of Co-dispatching in Prehospital Stroke Care

Saeid Amouzad Mahdiraji; Johan Holmgren; Radu Casian Mihailescu; Jesper Petersson

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2024.06.042

Simulation-based Analysis of Co-dispatching in Prehospital Stroke Care

Saeid Amouzad Mahdiraji, Johan Holmgren, Radu Casian Mihailescu, Jesper Petersson

Stroke policy and quality register research

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Abstract

A mobile stroke unit (MSU) is a specialized ambulance, enabling to shorten the time to diagnosis and treatment for stroke patients. In the current paper, we present a simulation-based approach to study the potential impacts of collaborative use of regular ambulances and MSUs in prehospital transportation for stroke patients, denoted as co-dispatching. We integrated a co-dispatch policy in an existing modeling framework for constructing emergency medical services simulation models. In a case study, we applied the extended framework to southern Sweden to evaluate the effectiveness of using the co-dispatch policy for different types of stroke. The results indicate reduced time to diagnosis and treatment for stroke patients when using the co-dispatch policy compared to the situation where either a regular ambulance or an MSU is assigned for a stroke incident.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks (ANT) / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40)
Pages	412-419
Number of pages	8
Volume	238
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.06.042
Publication status	Published - 2024
Event	15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks, ANT 2024 / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0, EDI40 2024 - Hasselt, Belgium Duration: 2024 Apr 23 → 2024 Apr 25

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Name	Procedia Computer Science
Publisher	Elsevier
ISSN (Print)	1877-0509

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Conference	15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks, ANT 2024 / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0, EDI40 2024
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Hasselt
Period	2024/04/23 → 2024/04/25

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Neurology

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Co-dispatch
Framework
MSU
Simulation
Stroke
Transportation

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Mahdiraji, S. A., Holmgren, J., Mihailescu, R. C., & Petersson, J. (2024). Simulation-based Analysis of Co-dispatching in Prehospital Stroke Care. In The 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks (ANT) / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40) (Vol. 238, pp. 412-419). (Procedia Computer Science). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.06.042

Mahdiraji, Saeid Amouzad ; Holmgren, Johan ; Mihailescu, Radu Casian et al. / Simulation-based Analysis of Co-dispatching in Prehospital Stroke Care. The 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks (ANT) / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40). Vol. 238 2024. pp. 412-419 (Procedia Computer Science).

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Mahdiraji, SA, Holmgren, J, Mihailescu, RC & Petersson, J 2024, Simulation-based Analysis of Co-dispatching in Prehospital Stroke Care. in The 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks (ANT) / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40). vol. 238, Procedia Computer Science, pp. 412-419, 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks, ANT 2024 / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0, EDI40 2024, Hasselt, Belgium, 2024/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.06.042

Simulation-based Analysis of Co-dispatching in Prehospital Stroke Care. / Mahdiraji, Saeid Amouzad; Holmgren, Johan; Mihailescu, Radu Casian et al.
The 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks (ANT) / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40). Vol. 238 2024. p. 412-419 (Procedia Computer Science).

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Mahdiraji SA, Holmgren J, Mihailescu RC, Petersson J. Simulation-based Analysis of Co-dispatching in Prehospital Stroke Care. In The 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies Networks (ANT) / The 7th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry 4.0 (EDI40). Vol. 238. 2024. p. 412-419. (Procedia Computer Science). doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2024.06.042

Simulation-based Analysis of Co-dispatching in Prehospital Stroke Care

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