Ambulance services and its use in 4 hospitals in Dhaka city, Bangladesh.

Table 1: Ambulance services and its use in 4 hospitals in Dhaka city, Bangladesh.

Indicators/items	Overall
Hospitals’ ambulances with existing facilities
Total ambulances	56 (100.0%)
Functional ambulances	47 (83.9%)
Functioning with problems	6 (10.7%)
Non-functional ambulances	2 (3.6%)
No. of drivers/crews	56
Supporting staff/paramedics during rescue operation	None
Existing facilities/equipment’s for emergency care in ambulances (N = 53 ambulances) Oxygen: First aid box:	53 (100.0%) 2 (3.8%)
Use of hospitals’ ambulances
No. of recorded patients in 7 shifts in 7 days in 4 hospitals’ emergency department	734
No. of the recorded emergency patients were transported by hospital ambulances	4
% of the recorded emergency patients were transported hospital ambulances^a	0.5
Total no. of patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances (incoming/referred/discharged)	756
% of incoming patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances^b	216 (28.6%)
% of referred patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances^c	98 (13.0%)
% of discharged patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances^d	442 (58.5%)
Actual time of availability of 53 hospital ambulances for 7 days (in minutes)^e	534240
% time spent to transport patients in 7 days by hospital ambulances (in minutes)^f	57065 (10.7%)
% time spent for other purposes or just in-active in a garage in 7 days by hospital ambulances (in minutes)^g, ^h, ⁱ	477175 (89.3%)

Note: ^a% of recorded emergency patients transported by hospital ambulances = No. of recorded emergency patients transported by hospital ambulances (4) x 100 / Total recorded patients in 4 hospitals’ emergency department in 7 days (734); ^b% of incoming patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances = No. of incoming patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances (214) x 100/No. of patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances (756); ^c% of referred patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances = No. of referred patients transported in 7 days by hospital Hi mom bold) x 100/No. of patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances (756); ^d% of discharged patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances = No. of discharged patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances (442) x 100/No. of patients transported in 7 days by hospital ambulances (756); ^eActual time of availability of 53 hospital ambulances for 7 days (in minutes) = Total minutes per day (60 minutes x 24 hours= 1440) x No. of days (7) x No. of hospital ambulances (53); ^f% time spent to transport patients in 7 days by hospital ambulances (in minutes) = Total time spent to transport patients in 7 days by hospital ambulances (57065 minutes) x 100/Actual time of availability of 53 hospital ambulances for 7 days (534240 minutes); ^gTotal time spent for other purposes or just in-active in a garage in 7 days by hospital ambulances = Actual time of availability of 53 hospital ambulances for 7 days (534240 minutes) - Total time spent to transport patients in 7 days by hospital ambulances (57065 minutes); ^h% time spent for other purposes or were just in active in a garage in 7 days by hospital ambulances (in minutes) = Total time spent for other purposes or were just in active in a garage in 7 days by hospital ambulances (477175 minutes) x 100/Actual time of availability of 53 hospital ambulances for 7 days (534240 minutes); ⁱOther purposes were: to transport hospital staff, to bring medicine, food and other supplies.