Application/Key learning points:Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum serves as a platform for EMS leaders. This article, on the use of response time as a key indicator of the performance of EMS agencies, states that while response time was considered as a measure of efficiency in the past, it can no longer be judged as an indicator of service quality. It argues that response time has a positive impact on patient outcome in only a small number of cases.
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