KYIV, Jan 9 – The average timeframe of respond of ambulance crews to calls from the moment of receiving a notification by the crew to the first contact with a patient is eight minutes and a half, 56% of all calls receive response within the 10 minute target and 94% of all calls – within the 20 minute target.
The press service of Ukraine's Health Ministry reported that the results were obtained after studying the emergency medical care by experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 26 randomly selected localities in Ukraine with population of over 10,000 people at 30 first-aid stations.
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