Our article, “Incident location at home and emergency medical services on-scene time for older adults in Japan: a population-based cross-sectional study,” with Dr. Rumiko Tsuchiya-Ito of the Dia Foundation for Research on Ageing Societies as the first author, has been published early in BMC Emergency Medicine.
Using ambulance transport data from the Higashi-Hiroshima Fire Department from 2016 to 2024, this study examined whether emergency medical services (EMS) on-scene time among older adults transported from their homes differed according to the location of the incident within the home. The results showed that on-scene times were longer when incidents occurred in toilets, bathrooms, or kitchens, and progressively increased with higher floor levels. This is a highly interesting study that examines EMS on-scene time from a novel perspective, focusing on residential characteristics and the specific location of incidents within the home.
