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Current status of traffic accident victims who were transported by 119 ambulances in Chungcheongnam-do (충청남도 지역의 119 구급으로 이송된 교통사고 환자의 발생 특성)

  • Kim, Jin-Hyeon;Choi, Eun-Sook;Lee, Kyoung-Youl
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.99-112
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The study aimed to analyze the current status of traffic accident victims who were transported by 119 ambulances within the administrative district of Chungnam province and provide essential data for accident prevention. Methods: The pre-hospital care records of patients who called the 119 emergency service in 2019 were obtained from the Chungnam Fire Department. Data pertaining to 13,663 traffic accident victims who were transported to hospitals were analyzed. Results: Patients in those aged ≥60 years accounted for 49.8% of the total cases. In patients aged ≥80 years(n=2,154), motor cycle accidents were highest as 28.3%. In addition, cultivator (n=135) and buggy car (n=79) accident victims were the highest in aged ≥80 years as 66.7% and 67.1%, respectively. Traffic accident victims-population ratio in Chungnam was 0.65%, wherein 2.03% included population aged ≥80 years. Conclusion: It was clear that accidents varied across administrative districts depending on the age group of population distribution. Thus, safety measures for preventing motorcycle, cultivator, and buggy car accidents are necessary for areas with many older people aged ≥80 years.

Analysis of 119 dispatch for patients with cardio-cerebrovascular and respiratory diseases according to particulate matter (미세먼지 농도에 따른 심·뇌혈관계 및 호흡기계 환자의 119 구급 출동 분석)

  • Koo, Ji-Yeon;Cho, Keun-Ja
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.37-55
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for improving the response capacity of 119 EMS systems by analyzing the effects of particulate matter on cardio-cerebrovascular and respiratory symptoms in the pre-hospital stage. Methods: We examined 46,389 patients who transferred to the hospital with complaints of cardiopulmonary arrest and cardio-cerebrovascular and respiratory symptoms by 119 ambulances in Incheon from 2016 to 2018. Results: The probability of 119 emergency dispatch for patients with cardiopulmonary arrest increased 2.8-4.0% from the day of symptom onset until two days before hospital presentation as particulate matter 10㎛ or less in diameter(PM10) increased by 10㎍/㎥ (OR=1.028; 95% CI=1.014-1.041, p=0.000, lag 0), (OR=1.040; 95% CI=1.024-1.056, p=0.000, lag 1), (OR=1.032; 95% CI=1.016-1.049, p=0.000, lag 2). Meanwhile, emergency dispatch increased 3.6-6.1% for PM2.5 in creased by 10㎍/㎥ (OR=1.046; 95% CI=1.024-1.068, p=0.000, lag 0), (OR=1.061; 95% CI=1.035-1.088, p=.000, lag 1), and (OR=1.036; 95% CI=1.010-1.063, p=0.006, lag 2). Conclusion: Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who respond to 119 calls should rapidly and accurately evaluate patients and provide professional emergency care by identifying the characteristics of the vulnerable groups relative to particulate matter size. To prevent the occurrence and exacerbation of symptoms caused by particulate matter, EMTs should be prepared and equipped with a response system for high particulate matter in the EMS system.

XML-based Message Transmission Protocol for Mobile Emergency Medical Service in the Pre-Hospital Phase (병원 전단계 모바일 응급의료 서비스를 위한 XML 기반 메시지 전송 프로토콜)

  • Kim, Heung Shik
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.24-30
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    • 2015
  • For suddenly encountered emergencies, most people embarrass, and can not often deliver the correct message when they report. Recently in the commonplace smart software environment, it is important that they can transmit the correct individual emergency situation efficiently and can receive the best service, and can provide the efficient emergency medical services to real-time around the other emergencies. In this paper, we design a standard protocol for the rapid and accurate technology for transmitting XML-based structured messages to provide an efficient emergency medical services, and offers a emergency medical services protocol to make them available more efficiently.

Physician-staffed Helicopter Transport for Mountain-rescued Emergency Patients: a Pilot Trial (의사 탑승 헬기를 이용한 산악 응급 환자 이송: 시범 연구)

  • Park, Jeong Ho;Shin, Sang Do;Lee, Eui Jung;Park, Chang Bae;Lee, Yu Jin;Kim, Kyoung Soo;Park, Myoung Hee;Kim, Han Bum;Kim, Do Kyun;Kwon, Woon Yong;Kwak, Young Ho;Suh, Gil Joon
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.230-240
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: We aimed to compare the transport time, the proportion of direct hospital visit and the emergency procedures between the current mountain rescue helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) and physician-staffed mountain-rescue HEMS. Methods: During weekends from October 2, to November 21, 2010, 9 emergency physicians participated as HEMS staff in the mountain-rescue HEMS program of the Seoul fire department. Patient demographic data, transport time, proportion of direct hospital visits, and emergency procedures were recorded. We also collected data on HEMS mountain-rescued patients from June 1, to September 1, 2010, and we compared them to those for the study patients. After an eight-week trial of the HEMS, we performed a delphi survey to determine the attitude of the physician staff, as well as the feasibility of using a physician staff. Results: Twenty-four(24) patients were rescued from mountains by physician-staffed HEMS during the study period, and 35 patients were rescued during the pre-study period. Patient demographic findings were not statistically different between the two groups, but the transport time and the emergency procedures were. During the study period, the time from call to take-off was $6.1{\pm}4.1min$ (vs. $12.1{\pm}8.9min$ during the pre-study period, p-value=0.001), and the time from call to arrival at the scene was $15.0{\pm}4.8min$ (vs. $22.3{\pm}8.1min$ during the pre-study period, p-value=0.0001). The proportions of direct hospital visit were not different between the two groups, but more aggressive emergency procedures were implemented in the study group. The delphi survey showed positive agreement on indications for HEMS, rapidity of transport and overall satisfaction. Conclusion: A pilot trial of physician-staffed HEMS for mountain rescue showed rapid response and more aggressive performance of emergency procedures with high satisfaction among the attending physicians.

Systematic Review on the efficiency of prefilled syringe : To administer medication for cardiac arrest patient

  • Yoon, Byoung Gil;Park, Jung Hee;Kim, Young Seo
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.23-244
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    • 2022
  • The Pulpose of this systematic review is aimed to establish the procedure of the injection with saftey and efficiency in the pre-hospital cardiac arrest patient performing the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), compared with traditional medication administration using Ampoule and medication administration with Prefilled Syringe. Databases were searched for CPR, heart arrest, resuscitation, Pre-filled Syringe, and Ampoule by the electronic data research including Pubmed, EMBASE and Cochran Library of Konyang University Library: 4 articles were selected by three co-authors using EndNote X20 and Covidence (Covidence.org) and were systematically reviewed. The Result of this study, the medication administration using Pre-fillled Syringe improves the safety of patients and Emergency medical workers by reducing the error in administration dose and administering the drug in safe than the medication adminisrtaion using Ampoule, also, contributes to the increment of survival rate of cardiac arrest and severe patients by decreasing the administration time that prevents the delay of medication administration.

A Study Symptoms by Types of Burn Patients in Pre-hospital Stage (병원 전 단계 화상환자의 유형별 징후에 관한 연구)

  • Park, SangKyu;Lee, JeongHyeok
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.29 no.4
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    • pp.95-104
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate differences in initial patient states based on types of burn accidents in the pre-hospital stage. 1,223 items of transfer data from burn accidents of Gyeonggi-do emergency medical services in 2013 were used. Burn accidents were most common in children younger than 10 years old (26.0%) and happened mostly at home (51.3%). Patient states by burn type were stable on average, but burns by electricity showed 10.7% of awareness condition U (Unresponsive), which was higher than that of the other burn types. Initial patient states for this type were shown to be serious, unlike other burn types, with temperatures of $35.90^{\circ}C$ and third degree burn depth (39.28%). Understanding initial patient states based on burn type is necessary in order to do effective approach in the pre-hospital stage.

Strategy for Advancement of Current Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Service (현 병원 전 단계 응급의료서비스의 선진화 전략)

  • Shin, Seong-Yoon;Chai, Seung-Ki;Jang, Dai-Hyunl;Park, Sang-Joon;Choi, Byeong-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.265-271
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    • 2011
  • High-quality customized services demand was growing due to the increase of aging, extremely nuclear family, disaster vulnerable of society. Ambulance service is required of fast and professional rescue and emergency service because of preventable death rate such as acute diseases, cerebral and cardiovascular diseases, suicides, etc. was higher than in developed countries. First aid will be available using patients information when emergency occurs, before arriving at the hospital. And emergency department is equipped with that patient care can be prepared in advance, increase the efficiency of emergency care. We received a variety of complex emergency call using high social awareness of 119 number and propose an efficient emergency medical service advancement strategy building an integrated response system with relevant organization.

Pain Passport as a tool to improve analgesic use in children with suspected fractures in emergency departments

  • Hwang, Soyun;Choi, Yoo Jin;Jung, Jae Yun;Choi, Yeongho;Ham, Eun Mi;Park, Joong Wan;Kwon, Hyuksool;Kim, Do Kyun;Kwak, Young Ho
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.386-394
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    • 2020
  • Background: In the emergency department (ED), adequate pain control is essential for managing patients; however, children with pain are known to receive less analgesia than adults with pain. We introduce the Pain Passport to improve pain management in paediatric patients with suspected fractures in the ED. Methods: This was a before-and-after study. We reviewed the medical records of paediatric patients who were primarily diagnosed with fractures from May to August 2015. After the introduction of the Pain Passport, eligible children were enrolled from May to August 2016. Demographics, analgesic administration rates, time intervals between ED arrival and analgesic administration, and satisfaction scores were obtained. We compared the analgesic prescription rate between the two periods using multiple logistic regression. Results: A total of 58 patients were analysed. The baseline characteristics of subjects during the two periods were not significantly different. Before the introduction of the Pain Passport, 9 children (31.0%) were given analgesics, while after the introduction of the Pain Passport, a significantly higher percentage of patients (24/29, 82.8%) were treated with analgesics (P < 0.001). The median administration times were 112 (interquartile range [IQR], 64-150) minutes in the pre-intervention period and 24 (IQR, 20-74) minutes in the post-intervention period. The median satisfaction score for the post-intervention period was 4 (IQR, 3-5). The adjusted odds ratio for providing analgesics in the post-intervention period was 25.91 (95% confidence interval, 4.36-154.02). Conclusions: Patient-centred pain scoring with the Pain Passport improved pain management in patients with suspected fractures in the paediatric ED.

A Comparison of Endotracheal Intubation using the Macintosh Laryngoscope, the Gum Elastic Bougie and the Pentax AirWay Scope in Neck-Stabilized Manikin (경추 고정 마네킹에게 직접 후두경(Macintosh laryngoscope), 부지(Gum elastic bougie), 비디오 후두경(Pentax AirWay Scope)을 사용한 기관내삽관 비교)

  • Choi, Uk-Jin;Cho, Keun-Ja
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.71-80
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    • 2011
  • Purpose : This research was designed to provide basic data for advanced pre-hospital airway management by comparing the ease of intubation, the success rate and the time for intubation performed with Macintosh Laryngoscope, Gum Elastic Bougie and Pentax AirWay Scope on the floor and table. Methods : Intubation was performed 30 times in total, including 5 times for each of intubation using Macintosh Laryngoscope, Gum Elastic Bougie and Pentax Airway Scope on the table and floor, only on subjects who passed the practice test of the national exam for paramedics. Data were collected by measuring the ease of intubation, the success rate and the time for intubation, and then analyzed by descriptive analysis, paired t-test, ANOVA using SPSS 18.0. Results : 1. There was a significant difference in the ease of intubation according to intubation devices. 2. There was a significant difference in the ease of intubation according to table height for intubation. 3. There was a significant difference in the success rate according to intubation devices. 4. There was no significant difference in the success rate according to table height for intubation. 5. There was a significant difference in the intubation time according to intubation devices. 6. There was a partially significant difference in the intubation time according to table height for intubation. Conclusion : Sufficient training not only with Macintosh Laryngoscope but also with Gum Elastic Bougie and Pentax Airway Scope could improve the survival rate by intubation in patients with difficult airway.

The Effect of First-aid Training for Taxi Drivers on Their Willingness to Perform Emergency Care (택시 운전자의 응급처치 시행의지에 대한 응급처치 교육 효과)

  • Seong, Hwa Yong;Park, Deuk Hyun;Yoon, Yoo Sang;Park, Kyung Hye;Kim, Yang Weon
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.139-150
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    • 2013
  • Purpose: After a traffic accident, first-aid performed within the first few minutes is important for the injured in terms of survival, future health, and quality of life. Taxi drivers have more possibility of witnessing traffic accidents because they spend much time on the road. If taxi drivers are well trained and can perform first-aid in a correct manner, they will play an important role in pre-hospital emergency medical services. We investigated the effect of first-aid training on taxi drivers' willingness to perform emergency care. Methods: We provided first-aid training for 600 deluxe taxi drivers in Busan in 2012. The subjects were given a questionnaire to answer at the beginning and at the end of first-aid training. Results: 427 out of 600 deluxe taxi drivers answer our questionnaire completely. 93 out of 427 deluxe taxi drivers answered that they had first-aid training within past 3 years(21.8%). 323 taxi drivers have witnessed a traffic accident(76%). 45 out of 323 deluxe taxi drivers who witnessed a traffic accident answered that they provided first-aid to victims(14.0%). After first-aid training, taxi drivers' willingness to perform emergency care was increased compared to that before training. The failed group of taxi drivers that had same or decreased willingness after first-aid training had a low level of education than the successful group that had increased willingness after first-aid training. Conclusion: First-aid training increased taxi drivers' willingness to perform emergency care. So Taxi drivers should be encouraged more to undertake and maintain first-aid training. For more volunteering of first-aid training and improvement in the effect of first-aid training, a graded education program for taxi drivers with a low level of education should be developed, and a policy on giving credit for completing first-aid training course and for carrying out first-aid needs to be formulated.