This table contains performance data regarding resuscitation of cardiac arrest patients. It is limited to patients whose arrest is of presumed cardiac origin, and for whom resuscitation was attempted.

Performance Measure Definition: STEMI Alert Scene Interval (Bundle)

Performance Measure Definition: Patient Contacts

Performance Measure Definition: Bill Processing Time

Performance Measure Definition: Patient Transport Rate

Performance Measure Definition: Trauma Alert Call-to-Door Interval

This table contains data related to responses by regularly scheduled ambulances. Units that are not ambulances or are deployed on an irregular basis are excluded from this table.

Data contained in this table documents Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) Communications Center workload and performance.

Data contained in this table comes from several sources:
• 911 Call Count and Grade of Service are obtained from the ECaTS reporting system provided by the Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG).
• Call Processing Interval is calculated using data from the department Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) data warehouse.
• MPDS Compliance is calculated by the Advanced Quality Assurance (AQUA) system used by Communications Center personnel to assess center performance.
• Performance targets are determined by ATCEMS management.

This table contains data describing requests for assistance received by ATCEMS. Incident counts are broken out by location, and priority for City of Austin and Travis County incidents.

See document attached to metadata for more details.

When using this data for research or other purposes, please cite it as:

Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services (2014). EMS – Incidents by Month [data set]. City of Austin, Texas Open Data Portal. Retrieved from https://data.austintexas.gov/Public-Safety/EMS-Incidents-by-Month/gjtj-jt2d.

Since this table is updated on a monthly basis, include the date that the table was accessed in the citation.

This table contains data describing ATCEMS management of Trauma Alert patients. In this setting, “Trauma Alert” refers to injured patients who meet Physiological or Anatomical criteria for transport to a Trauma Center per City of Austin/Travis County EMS System Clinical Operating Guidelines.