dc.creatorKalemoglu,Murat
dc.creatorKeskin,Ozcan
dc.creatorDemirbas,Sezai
dc.creatorÖzisik,Tahir
dc.date2004-09-01
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-07T15:32:35Z
dc.date.available2017-03-07T15:32:35Z
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000900009
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/386952
dc.descriptionBackground: Emergency Medical Services (ES) are medical-surgical facilities where extremely ill patients, victims of accidents, intoxications and other urgent clinical situations should be rapidly and efficiently attended. However, a worldwide experience is that a large proportion of patients who require attention in an ES do not qualify as emergencies and they obstruct the possibilities of other patients that should be attended immediately. Aim: To evaluate the medical records in our ES and to assess whether patients understand what is a true emergency and which is the role of an ES. Methods: Patients attended in the ES of Haydarpasa Military Teaching Hospital in 2001-2002 were classified according to their diagnosis. A random sample of patients and relatives were surveyed about why they required medical attention in the ES. Results: 77,134 patients (39,327 female, 51%) were attended. The most common illness diagnosed was upper respiratory tract infection (18,423 patients, 23.9%). The true emergency condition rate in patients presenting to our ES was lower (44%) than the non-emergency condition rate. Conclusions: Improvements in public education are needed to solve this problem. Also, Primary Care facilities should be improved in order to reduce the demand for medical attention in ES by non-urgent patients (Rev Méd Chile 2004; 132: 1085-9)
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherSociedad Médica de Santiago
dc.sourceRevista médica de Chile v.132 n.9 2004
dc.subjectEmergency Medical Services
dc.subjectEmergency Service
dc.subjectHospital
dc.subjectFirst aid
dc.subjectHealth care facilities
dc.subjectmanpower
dc.subjectand Services
dc.titleNon-urgent patients in an Emergency Medical Service
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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