Table 1 Respondents’ characteristics
From: Emergency medical dispatch services across Pan-Asian countries: a web-based survey
DS | Seoul | Hanoi | Tokyo | Miri | Davao | Tainan | Telangana | Singapore | Bangkok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Korea | Vietnam | Japan | Malaysia | Philippines | Taiwan | India | Singapore | Thailand |
Year Collected | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 | 2016a | 2016 | 2013b | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 |
Population | 9,471,871 | 6,452,000 | 13,491,000 | 151,500 | 1,632,991 | 1,840,257 | 35,003,674 | 5,612,253 | 8,306,218 |
Area (km2) | 605.2 | 3329 | 2191 | 997.4 | 2444 | 2192 | 112,077 | 721.5 | 1569 |
Population Density/km2 | 15,651 | 1938 | 6157 | 152 | 668 | 840 | 312 | 7779 | 5294 |
Urbanization | Urban | Urban | Urban & Suburban | Rural | Urban | Urban | Urban, Suburban & Rural | Urban | Urban |
Annual EMS Transports | 335,457 | 23,000 | 1,328,054 | 1888 | 18,183 | 94,000 | 448,711 | 178,154 | 5000 |
Annual Total DS Man Hours | 43,800 | 26,280 | 700,800 | 8760 | 87,600 | 35,040 | 233,488 | 219,000 | 17,520 |
Transport to Man Hour Ratio | 7.66 | 0.86 | 1.90 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 2.68 | 1.92 | 0.81 | 0.29 |
Paramedic-Confirmed OHCA Calls | 4577 | 1000 | 23,477 | 135 | 10 | 1119 | 1709 | 2521 | 207 |
CPR trained (%) | 10 | NA | 7 | 1 | 10 | NA | NA | 30.3 | NA |
AED trained (%) | 7.5 | NA | 7 | 1 | 5 | NA | NA | 11.1 | NA |
Bystander CPR (%) | 52 | NA | 39.9 | 5 | 6 | 25.8 | NA | 54.1 | 34 |