Ambulance response time. Ambulance response time is measured as the time (in minutes) between the initial call to emergency medical services (EMS) and when the pa-tient is reached by ambulance. Geographical Analysis (Vol. 41, 2009) investigated the characteristics of ambu-lance response time for EMS calls in Edmonton, Alberta. For a particular EMS station (call it Station A), ambulance response time is known to be normally distributed with ?=7.5 minutes and ? = 2.5 minutes. a.Regulations require that 90% of all emergency calls should be reached in 9 minutes or less. Are the regulations met at EMS station A? Explain. b.A randomly selected EMS call in Edmonton has an ambulance response time of 2 minutes. Is it likely that this call was serviced by Station A? Explain.
Ambulance response time. Ambulance response time is measured as the time (in minutes) between the initial call to emergency medical services (EMS) and when the pa-tient is reached by ambulance. Geographical Analysis (Vol. 41, 2009) investigated the characteristics of ambu-lance response time for EMS calls in Edmonton, Alberta. For a particular EMS station (call it Station A), ambulance response time is known to be
a.Regulations require that 90% of all emergency calls should be reached in 9 minutes or less. Are the regulations met at EMS station A? Explain.
b.A randomly selected EMS call in Edmonton has an ambulance response time of 2 minutes. Is it likely that this call was serviced by Station A? Explain.
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