INEM’s response time to provide assistance and stabilise victims in serious condition is not respected. On average, INEM takes longer than the 20 minutes envisaged by the Directorate General of Health for the time spent by the vehicle at the scene of the incident exceeds Newspaper (JN).
Vehicle Medical Emergency Resuscitation (VMER) vehicles take 28 minutes to stabilize a casualty before transporting them to a hospital, while SIV ambulances take about 33 minutes and helicopter emergency medical services take 45 minutes.
The time elapsed since the incident was obtained Urgent care centers for patients The time it takes for a casualty to reach the hospital also exceeds the recommended 45 minutes. On average, VMER takes 68 minutes, SIV 82 minutes, and helicopters 118 minutes.