Hello!
I am forwarding this message from Alex Lechleuthner to you.
He needs this information for a lecture at an EMS-conference, and we would  
be very happy, if you could take a few minutes time and answer this  
questions.
Please NM the Aswers to me/wirte in this Echo or EMail directly to Alex.
Thanks very much!
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Cologne, february 21.th 1998
Dear collegues, dear friends,
in this summer I have to hold a lecture to the German fire chiefs and EMS
organisators about standards in EMS. One of the topics will be, the
response times for ambulance trucks  around the world.
Please help me and answer my questions to get an impression of response
times and other structural features of EMS around the world.
Please excuse my bad English
1. From which country / County / City you are writing
2. How many residents are living in your rescue district
3. How many ambulance cars you have (ALS / BLS)
4. Are physicians involved in prehospital rescue and if yes how ?
5. Who is responsible for the EMS ?
   City – County – Private company – Fire Department
6. Is there a fixed response time from call to arrival ?
   yes  / no
7. If yes, how many seconds ?
8. Is the response time a:
    internal standard
    city / county regulation
    state regulation
    federal regulation
    Other
9. Is additional to the response time a number fixed, how often the
   response time has to be met (e.g. 480 sec in 90% of the cases) ?
   no / yes in  %
10. If there is no response time, do you think it is necessary to have one?
Thankyou very much for your help
Sincerely, yours
Alex Lechleuthner, MD
Medical Director EMS
Center of Emergency Medicine
Fire Dept Cologne, Germany
e-mail: a.lechleuthner@ndh.com
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