Simultaneous interfacility transfer of multiple non-critically ill COVID-19 patients using a single vehicle: the ambulance bus experience

Table 1 Emergency medical services in the Limburg province, the Netherlands (2019)*

Regional ambulance service	AmbulanceZorg Limburg-Noord	GGDZL
Adherence area	Northern Limburg	Southern Limburg
Ambulance stations	12	5
Ambulance vehicles	24	25
Ambulance dispatches	38,619	52,360
Category 1	20,019	24,541
Category 2	12,173	15,363
Category 3	6427	12,456

*Derived from: Ambulancezorg Nederland [5]. Category 1: emergency care level (A1): life-threatening situations; Category 2: emergency care level (A2): not life-threatening, but urgent response required; Category 3: non-emergency patient transport services (B)

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