Consequences of the emergency response to COVID-19: a whole health care system review in a single city in the United Kingdom

Table 6 Ambulance response times divided by those before and after adaptations to the ambulance pandemic response strategy. All times in minutes

	Pre			Post
	Med ian	IQR	90th cent ile	Med ian	IQR	90th cent ile
Category 1 (n = 29 pre, 44 post)
Ambulance Response Call to Dispatch	4	11	51	3	5	34
Ambulance Response Call to Arrival at Patient	11	23	91	11	14	57
Ambulance Response Arrival at Patient to Arrival at Hospital	46	20	71	45	19	78
Ambulance Response Total time Call to Arrival at Hospital	70	46	115	89	54	220
Category 2 (n = 25 pre, 12 post)
Ambulance Response Call to Dispatch	86	103	205	20	54	71
Ambulance Response Call to Arrival at Patient	99	122	218	35	50	86
Ambulance Response Arrival at Patient to Arrival at Hospital	62	33	85	64	23	78
Ambulance Response Total time Call to Arrival at Hospital	179	110	286	98	74	155
Category 3 (n = 4 pre, 7 post)
Ambulance Response Call to Dispatch	16	61	1245	28	33	150
Ambulance Response Call to Arrival at Patient	26	33	140	49	73	183
Ambulance Response Arrival at Patient to Arrival at Hospital^a	–	–	–	59	–	–
Ambulance Response Total time Call to Arrival at Hospital^a	–	–	–	130	–	–

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