Application of a simulation model to test alternative rural emergency medical care transportation systems. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1973.

A simulation model is used to test alternative delivery systems for providing emergency medical care to rural areas. The number and locations of ground ambulances, with and without helicopter support, are examined, and ways are suggested to improve medical service with fewer response vehicles by improving the location pattern.