Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the operational efficiency of emergency medical services and its association with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates: A population-based cohort study in Kobe, Japan.
Jun SugiyamaShigeaki InoueMasami InadaYusuke MiyazakiNobuto NakanishiYoshihisa FujinamiMasafumi SaitoYuko OnoKazushige ToyamaFutoshi TodaTohru ShirotsukiSoushi ShiotaniJoji KotaniPublished in: Acute medicine & surgery (2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with reduced operational efficiency of EMS and decreased OHCA survival rates. Further research is required to improve the efficiency of EMS and OHCA survival rates.