Quarterly Emergency Medical Services Activity Summary
Source: Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD) data
Publisher: System Performance and Innovation, AHS EMS
Note: This information is based on the events occurring within Pincher Creek regardless of the EMS service provider attending
Pincher Creek Event Volumes
300
Event Volume is the number of individual events that EMS responded
to. Multiple EMS ambulance vehicles may respond to a single event.
Emergency events are those assigned a determinant of Bravo, Charlie,
Delta, Echo.
Non-emergency events are assigned a determinant of Alpha or Omega.
250
Number of Events
Event Volume is a basic measure of EMS activity.
Transfers are all inter-facility or community transfers performed by
emergency or dedicated transfer ambulance vehicles. Does not include
transfers done by air ambulances.
200
150
100
50
0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Emergency
2014/15
Non Emergency
2015/16
2016/17 2017/18
Transfers
Pincher Creek Response Time for Life-Threatening Events
0:35:00
Response Time is the time elapsed from when a call is received at an
EMS dispatch centre until the first EMS unit arrives on scene.
Median (50th percentile) and 90th percentile response times are
shown.
The median is the time at which half the response times are above and
half are below.
The 90th percentile is the response time at which 90% of events are
below.
0:30:00
Response Time (h:mm:ss)
Response time is calculated for events thought to be life-threatening at
the time of the 9-1-1 call. These events are assigned a Delta or Echo
event determinant according to the rules of the Medical Priority
Dispatch System (MPDS). These events are a subset of the total
number of Emergency events.
0:25:00
0:20:00
0:15:00
0:10:00
0:05:00
0:00:00
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
Median
2014/15
90th Percentile
2015/16
2016/17 2017/18