EMERGENCY SERVICES (1122)

A TEN YEARS DATA FROM FOUR LARGEST CITIES IN PUNJAB 2004- 2014

Abstract

Emergency services were working all over the world to deal with different types of
emergencies and the frequency of emergencies were increased with the passage of time. Many
developing countries even don’t have such services and it was difficult to estimate the scale
of emergencies in those countries. Objectives: To know about the types of emergencies and
to help to plan for their prevention in future. Place and duration of study: Data was collected
from emergency services department 1122 in four big cities of Punjab from Nov.2004-Feb.2014.
Methods: Descriptive observational study. Results: The road traffic emergencies received were
243481 in Lahore, 92367 in Faisal Abad, 52507 in Multan and33847 in Rawalpindi. Medical
emergencies were 247692 in Lahore, 82910 in Faisal Abad, 112531 in Multan and 31069 in
Rawalpindi. Fire incidences were 14594 in Lahore, 6369 in Faisal Abad, 3707 in Multan and
3929 in Rawalpindi. Crime incidence related emergencies were 13301 in Lahore, 15051 in Faisal
Abad, 5326 in Multan and 1705 in Rawalpindi. Conclusions: Road traffic related emergencies
were increased even some times more than medical emergencies. Fake calls were also in
higher proportion.