An Analysis of Prehospital Care by 119 Rescue Services |
Seung Hun O, Ki Cheol You, Suk Hyun Park, Min Soo Kang, Jae Hoon Kim, Gu Hyun Kang, Moo Eob Ahn, Woo Jung Park, Sam Woo Lee, Chung Tae Choi |
1Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. emykc@hanmail.net 2Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. 3Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Mary Hospital, Pohang, Korea. |
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ABSTRACT |
PURPOSE: We analysed the prehospital care and property of field triage for quality improvement.
METHODS: A retrospective study of 623 case who were selected every five other day(1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26) and visited emergency center of Hangang Sacred Heart hospital by 119 rescuer from January 2002 to December 2003 was made using triage and management at field and during transport. The research compared 119 transport chart with emergency medical recording.
RESULTS: There were 350 male(56.2%) and 273 female(43.8%).
Non-triage patient were 432 cases(69.3%). Finding from the crosstabulation analysis between 119 transport chart and emergency medical record reveal that 93 cases were overstimated, and 23 cases were understimated in mental status evaluation by 119 rescuer. Adequate prehospital treatment were 151 cases.
CONCLUSION: The property of mental status evaluation by 119 rescuer was nearly correct, but the triage and management were not. |
Key words:
Prehospital Care, Mental Status, Triage |
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