• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.53-64
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• 2007

Purpose: Ths study aims to examine characteristics of patients using emergency room after execution of five-day workweek system by government and provide basic materials for operation of efficient emergency room. Methods: Data were collected tbrough medical records of patients visiting emergency room from July of 2004 to October of 2006 and they were analyzed with SPSSlPC 10.0. Conclusion : 1. The number of patients visiting emergency room was average 16.7 persons a day in 2004, 17.5 in 2005 and 18.6 in 2006 and it was found that it was increasing every year since the execution of five-day workweek system 2. Gender distribution of subjects using emergency room was higher in male than in female every year. 3. Means of transport to emergency room were mostly private car and others(public transport or on foot), but use of ambulance was increasing. 4. Residential areas of subjects were mostly 'Myeon area' in 2004~2005, but it was changed to residents at 'Eup area' in 2006. 5. Distribution of patients by medical departments was highest in internal medicine and surgery in 2004~2006 and rate of visiting pediatrics was increasing every year. 6. Time to stay at emergency room was most at 'below 30 min'. in 2004~2006, but cases of stay for 'more than 2 hours' were increasing every year. 7. On presence or absence of trauma in patients visiting emergency room, rate of visit to emergency room with 'no trauma' was higher and this result was increasing every year. 8. As a result of classifying severity of patients visiting emergency room, use rate of emergency room by 'non-emergency' patients was over 90% in 2004~2006 and such a phenomenon was deepened in 2006 compared to that in 2004. 9. Measures after emergency care of patients were most in case of 'discharge' in 2004~2006, but cases of admission to hospital after emergency care were increased every year. 10. According to use of emergency room by a day of the week, use on Sunday was most frequent in 2004~2006, but use on Friday the day before holiday was increasing. 11. According to distribution by age, use by those between '40~49' was most in 2004~2005, but use by those 'below 10' was most in 2006. 12. According to time to visit emergency room, using emergency room at "15:31~23:30 was most in 2004~2006, cases of visiting emergency room at day working hour were decreased every year and those at evening and night working hours were increased. Conclusion: In sum, it was found that characteristics of patients visiting emergency room and their actual status were changed after the execution of five-day workweek system and efforts to rearrange emergency medical system are required.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.659-669
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• 2000

Many patients of acute myocardial infarction showed delay time before seeking treatment although they needed immediate thrombolytic therapy once they perceived their symptoms. The objectives of this study were to identify the relationship between clinical symptoms and the delay, and to find the time spent before seeking the treatment. This study was a retrospective research. The delay time for the treatment consisted of the length of delay from symptom onset to patients' decision (T1), from patients' decision making to finding transportation (T2), and from taking transportation to the first hospital arrival(T3). The subjects were 89 patients who were admitted in the ICU and Cardiac Ward at Chonnam University Hospital with the first attack of acute myocardial infarction. Center, USA The data was collected for three months from March 1st to May 31st of 1998 through questionnaires and reviewing patients' charts: The chart information was suppled by two nurses working at the ICU and Cardiac Ward. The data was analyzed by using frequency, mean and ANOVA through the SAS program. The results of study summarized as follows: 1. Sixty two patients (69.7%) were male and twenty seven patients (30.3%) were female, the ratio of male to female was 2.3 : 1. 2. In daily life, the 70.8% of the patients felt chest pain and discomfort fatigue in 67.4%, dyspnea in 57.3%, and pain in arm, neck, and jaw in 52.8%. During the attack, 97.8% of the patients felt chest pain and discomfort dyspnea in 82.1%, pain in arm, neck, jaw in 67.4% and perspiration in 51.7%. 3. The length of time a patient spent seeking time for treatment (T1+T2+T3) was 94.6 minutes, in which the time for patients' decision making for treatment (T1) was 70.3 minutes, time for finding transportation (T2) was 8.2 minutes, and time for the transportation of the patient to the first hospital (T3) was 16.1 minutes. Time for patients' decision making to go to a hospital(T1) was 74.2% of the total time sought for treatment. 4. The differences of time sought for treatment between perceptions about the seriousness of the symptoms were significant (F= 6.5, p< .01). The more serious the heart symptoms they felt, the shorter the seeking time for treatment. 5. The differences of the time delay before treatment between the degree of the symptoms were significant (F= 2.9, p< .05). The patients with the typical chest pain and discomfort spent shorter the seeking time for treatment than those with the atypical symptoms of acute myocardial infarction. 6. The differences of transportation time to the first hospital between the types of cars that the patients used, were significant (F= 4.3, p< .01). When the patients used 119 or 129 they spent the least time (5.3 minutes) for transportation, and followed by way of an ambulance (15.6 minutes), private car (20.6 minutes), and taxi (24.8 minutes).

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제25권4호
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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.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.132-138
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• 2012

Purpose: Trauma is one of the major causes of maternal and fetal mortality, and the most common cause of maternal trauma is a traffic accident. In Korea, data about traffic accidents in pregnant women are not widely collected and classified so far. Hence, we studied and analyzed the characteristics of injured pregnant women by the traffic accidents. Methods: From January 2002 to August 2011, pregnant women who were in traffic accidents visiting Emergency Department were studied. Pregnancy out come and the degree of the damage were determined through the retrospective analysis of the medical records. Results: The pregnant women who visited after traffic accidents were total 204 patients. Among them, 176 patients had no complication related to the traffic accidents, 28 patients had complications. The incidence of the complications in the 3rd trimester pregnants was statistically significant higher than that in the other trimesters. The analysis based on the mechanism shows more complications in the pedestrian injury. In the survey by the type of the vehicles, the complications from the trauma associated with a car had lower incidence. The patients arrived at the emergency center by walking had greater numbers than who arrived by an ambulance in the groups occurred the complications. The patients suffered complications who complained pain in trunk especially in abdomen and pelvis than in extremities and complained vaginal discharge, and those showed a statistically significant greater incidence. Conclusion: When pregnant women were injured by the traffic accidents, the factors related to the poor pregnant prognosis were trimester of pregnancy, means of visiting the emergency center, trauma mechanism, and complaining symptoms. Therefore, these factors may be used as a prognostic tool to predict an incidence of complications, length of hospital stay and rate of complications and can be used to plan for treatments.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2013

Purpose: The assessment of trauma patients in the prehospital setting is difficult, but appropriate field triage is critical to the prognosis of trauma patients. We sought to evaluate the triage given by the emergency medical technicians (EMTs) using the trauma score to patients injured in motor vehicle collisions (MVCs). Methods: From June 2012 to July 2012, questionnaires were distributed to EMTs, who had transported injured patients to the study hospital. Scene records, photos of the damaged vehicle, and ambulance run sheets were used to provide physiologic, physical, and mechanistic information about the MVC. To evaluate the appropriateness of the injury assessment by EMTs, we compared their impressions with the hospital's final diagnosis within a 3 level triage system comprising both the maximum abbreviated injury scale (MAIS) and the injury severity score (ISS). Kappa (k) was calculated to evaluate the agreement between the triage by EMTs and the triage based on hospital's final diagnosis. Results: A total of 91 patients were analyzed by 31 EMTs. The percentage of males was 57.1%, the mean age was 44.5, and the mean MAIS and ISS were 2.7 and 16.6 respectively. While EMTs correctly diagnosed patient injuries to the extremities in 35.7%, and to the neck in 32.1%, pelvic injuries were missed in 80.0%. The agreement between the triage by the EMTs and the triage based on the hospital's final diagnosis was 62.6%(k=0.366) by the MAIS and 50.5%(k=0.234) by the ISS. The kappa value was higher in EMT-I than in EMT-II. Conclusion: In MVC, the assessment of injured patients by EMT-I was more appropriate, and the 3-level triage method based on the MAIS could contribute to a more accurate triage. Prospective studies to search for appropriate methods of field triage are required for programming practical education for EMTs.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2014

응급구조사는 병원 밖 사고 현장과 응급실의 응급의료 행위에 대해서 복잡한 윤리적 문제가 야기된다. 소방현장 및 종합병원에서 근무하는 응급구조사 500명을 대상으로 직업윤리의식과 태도, 이송한 환자에 대한 논의와 대책 그리고 임종에 관한 윤리의식을 설문하였다. 직업윤리의식과 태도, 이송한 환자에 대한 논의와 대책 그리고 임종관련에 대한 윤리의식을 설문해 보았는데 직업적 윤리의식이나 응급구조사가 가져야 할 태도가 높게 나타났다. 현장에서 응급처치나 이송한 환자에 대해서 결과를 논의하거나 예후를 알아보는 군은 자격에 따라 유의하게 나타났다. 부적절한 응급처치나 이송에 대해서는 90% 이상이 토론 후 대책을 세우는 것으로 보여 졌으나, 지난 업무에 대해서는 그냥 넘어가기를 원하는 것과 책임문제로 상관에게 보고하는 경우도 있어 도덕적으로 비윤리적인 문제도 안고 있었다. 사망진단을 내릴 수 없는 응급구조사에게 임종관련 DNAR 문제로 윤리적 갈등을 심하게 겪고 있는데, 제도적 뒷받침이 미약하여 불필요한 치료를 하고 있다. 사고현장에서 윤리적인 문제들, 특히 DNAR 교육은 필요성에 비해 교육과 지침서의 지급률이 지역과 소속마다 차이가 심하였다. 따라서 응급구조사의 직업윤리교육과 지침이 반드시 필요하며, 응급현장에서 이용 시 많은 도덕적 오류들이 줄어들 것이다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.2117-2124
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• 2012

이 연구는 119구급대의 병원 전 응급처치 실태와 교육현황을 파악하기 위해 2010년 5월 1일부터 8월 31일까지 구급대원 299명을 대상으로 하였으며, 수집된 자료는 SPSS 12.0 program으로 분석하였다. 119구급대원들의 전공분야는 응급구조학이 124명(41.5%)으로 가장 많았고, 소방관련학이 46명(15.4%), 간호학이 30명(10.0%), 보건관련학이 3명(1.0%), 기타가 96명(32.1%)이었다. 119구급대원들이 소지한 자격증으로는 1급 응급구조사가 114명(38.1%), 2급 응급구조사가 101명(33.8%), 소방 교육이수자가 42명(14.0%), 간호사가 28명(9.4%), 기타 14명(4.7%)순으로 나타났다. 시행한 응급처치 빈도로는 산소흡입(274건), 사지 고정(229건), 척추고정(229건), 외부출혈의 지혈(223건), 약물투여(7건), 정맥로 확보(4건)순으로 나타났다. 병원 전 응급처치 능력 향상을 위해서는 잘 훈련된 전문 인력의 구급차 탑승이 반드시 필요하고, 이를 위하여 응급구조사의 지속적인 충원이 이루어져야 하며, 실무중심의 교육훈련 프로그램 운영이 필요하다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.141-148
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• 2013

본 논문은 여러 구역으로 분할된 도시에서 응급환자가 발생하였을 때 이에 대처하기 위한 최대 허용 도착시간 T를 충족시키면서, 응급시설 수 p를 한정시켰을 때 최대한의 주민수를 커버할 수 있는 응급시설의 최적 위치를 결정하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 이 문제는 일반적으로 두 구역 간 소요시간이 최대허용 도착시간이내이면 1로, 그렇지 않으면 0으로 하는 정수계획법으로 변환시키고, 선형계획법 도구를 활용하여 해를 구한다. 본 논문은 p=1인 경우 최대로 커버하는 노드로 결정하며, $p{\geq}2$인 경우 최대한으로 커버할 수 있는 노드 상위 5개를 $p_1$기준으로 포함-배제 원칙을 적용하여 $p_1$이 커버하는 영역을 삭제하였을 때 남은 노드들 중에서 최대로 커버하는 노드를 $p_2$로, $p_1,p_2$ 커버 영역을 삭제시 최대로 커버할 수 있는 노드를 $p_3$로 결정하였다. 이들 5개 기준 노드 집합 들 중에서 최대로 커버하는 노드 집합을 최적의 응급시설 위치로 결정하였다. 제안된 알고리즘을 12-노드 망, 21-노드 망과 Swain의 55-노드 망에 적용한 결과 최적해를 쉽고 빠르며, 정확하게 결정할 수 있었다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.49-54
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• 2006

본 연구에서 개발된 X-ray 장치는 병원으로부터 원거리에 있는 응급환자를 진단하거나, 대형 사고에 의한 재난에서 환자를 분류하기 위한 목적으로 사용할 수 있도록 제작되었다. X-ray 사용 장소는 병원으로부터 먼 거리에 있기 때문에 AC220[V]를 사용할 수 없는 사고 현장이나, 이동 중인 구급차 내에서도 응급환자의 진료가 필요한 곳이다. 개발된 X-ray 장치는 다음과 같은 특성이 있다. 첫째, 콘덴서를 내장하여 구급차의 밧데리 전원 공급이 없는 경우에도 X-ray 촬영이 가능하도록 하여 산악지역이나 섬지역 등에서도 이용할 수 있도록 하였다. 둘째, DC 12[V] 전원으로 X-ray를 발생하여 촬영한 정보를 디지털 디텍터로 검출하여 파일 형태로 저장하여 사용할 수 있었다. 제어회로는 Pic16F84A를 사용하여 X-ray 발생 장치의 신뢰성을 확보하였고, 기능을 다양하게 제공할 수 있었다. 원격응급시스템에 적합한 X-ray 장치는 응급환자가 의사로부터 공간적으로 멀리 떨어져 있거나, 시간적으로 진단, 처방, 치료가 동시에 이루어지기 어려운 상황 등에 효율적으로 대처할 수 있는 장점이 있다.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.43-49
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• 2014

Purpose: Trauma is one of the most common causes of death for children, and identifying severely injured children quickly in an overcrowded emergency room (ER) is difficult. Therefore, severe injury must be prevented, and the severity of injuries in children must be determined easily from their general characteristics and pre-hospital factors. Methods: Injured children younger than 15 years of age who visited the ER from June 2011 to May 2013 were enrolled. According to the revised trauma score (RTS) of the patients, the study population was divided in two groups, a severe group (RTS<7) and a mild group ($RTS{\geq}7$). The general characteristics and the pre-hospital factors were compared between the two groups. Results: Six hundred seventy-three children were enrolled, their mean age was 8.03 (${\pm}4.45$) years, and 476 (70.73%) patients were male. Of these patients, 22 patients (3.27%) were in the severe group, and 651 patients (96.73%) were in the mild group. Fewer males were in the severe group than in the mild group (50.00% vs. 71.43%, p=0.030), and children in the severe group were younger than children in the mild group (3.50 vs. 8.00 years, p=0.049). In the severe group, toddlers (54.55%, p=0.036) were the most common age group. Severe injuries occurred more often in spring (32.81%) and summer (54.56%) than in autumn (9.09%) and winter (4.55%) (p=0.026). The most common places of injury in the severe group were roads (50.00%, p=0.009), and the most common mechanisms of injury in the severe group were traffic accidents (50.00%), followed by falls (31.82%) (p=0.011). Most severely injured children were transferred by ambulance (72.73%, p=0.000). Conclusion: The results of this study may be helpful for identifying severely injured children quickly in the field and the ER. To prevent severe pediatric injuries, precautions and policies based on these results should be established.