| dc.creator | Kalemoglu,Murat | |
| dc.creator | Keskin,Ozcan | |
| dc.creator | Demirbas,Sezai | |
| dc.creator | Özisik,Tahir | |
| dc.date | 2004-09-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T15:32:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T15:32:35Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872004000900009 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/386952 | |
| dc.description | Background: 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) | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.132 n.9 2004 | |
| dc.subject | Emergency Medical Services | |
| dc.subject | Emergency Service | |
| dc.subject | Hospital | |
| dc.subject | First aid | |
| dc.subject | Health care facilities | |
| dc.subject | manpower | |
| dc.subject | and Services | |
| dc.title | Non-urgent patients in an Emergency Medical Service | |
| dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |
