स्वास्थ्य देखभाल और रोकथाम जर्नल

खुला एक्सेस

हमारा समूह 1000 से अधिक वैज्ञानिक सोसायटी के सहयोग से हर साल संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका, यूरोप और एशिया में 3000+ वैश्विक सम्मेलन श्रृंखला कार्यक्रम आयोजित करता है और 700+ ओपन एक्सेस जर्नल प्रकाशित करता है जिसमें 50000 से अधिक प्रतिष्ठित व्यक्तित्व, प्रतिष्ठित वैज्ञानिक संपादकीय बोर्ड के सदस्यों के रूप में शामिल होते हैं।

ओपन एक्सेस जर्नल्स को अधिक पाठक और उद्धरण मिल रहे हैं
700 जर्नल और 15,000,000 पाठक प्रत्येक जर्नल को 25,000+ पाठक मिल रहे हैं

अमूर्त

Response times for emergency medical needs: A retrospective analysis of quality indicators for the Region of Belgrade

Katarina Vojvodic 

Statement of the Problem: There are 7 emergency medical service (EMS) providers in the Region of Belgrade, Serbia, 6 on municipality level and one organized for 11 municipalities. In Serbia EMS is physician-staffed. The EMS responsetime (RT) is a measure of performance, but also a measure of quality and apredictor of health outcomes. Emergency medical conditions are time-dependent and need to be treated as fast as possible to obtainthe best health results for patients. The aim of this study is to assess the quality of pre-hospital EMS and RT for category 1 (life-threatening)emergency medical callsin Belgrade. Methodology: There are three quality indicatorsregarding RT for category 1 emergency calls:RT-I from receipt of call to inform EMS team, RT II -from receipt of call to arrival on scene, RT III-from arrival on scene to discharge of EMS team.A retrospectivestudy of EMS quality indicators was conducted for RT I and RT II (2009-2018) and for RT III (2011-2018).Findings:Theretrospective analysisshows that mean RTI was 1.10±0.21, mean RTII 8.12± 0.47 andmean RTIII 25.64±3.46.Nosignificant correlationsexist between year, number of emergency calls and RTs (Pearson’s r and Spearman’s ρ> 0.05). RTIII has beenreduced since 2016, with no significant correlationsbetween RTI, RTII and the number of emergency calls.Conclusion & Significance:Response times play a big role in patient survival and full recovery after life-threatening medical events. A decrease of RT onlyfor one minute can improve health outcomes.The results show that RTIII got shorter, representing more efficient EMS, providing on-time interventions and increasing turn-over rate. RTI and RTII did not change significantly over time, indicating that additional research should be done in order to suggest methods for time reduction.