Are You Ready to Transport Your Seriously Ill Patient?.
- Author:
Eui Chung KIM
1
;
Young Soon CHO
;
Young Hwan CHOI
;
Hyun Soo CHUNG
;
In Cheol PARK
;
Hahn Shick LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. emer6657@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Patient transfer
- MeSH:
Ambulances;
Emergencies;
Emergency Medical Services;
Felodipine;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Korea;
Patient Transfer;
Prospective Studies;
Transportation;
Vital Signs
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2006;17(1):51-57
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study is designed to evaluate the current situation of interhospital transports of critical ill patients requiring emergency care. METHODS: Using a clinical prospective 162 interhospital transports of ill patients by ambulance were evaluated in 2 hospitals. Patients were divided into severe & mild to moderate group by modified-ESI. We evaluated the state of patients, vital sign, monitoring of patient's state, hospitalization or transportation. Data were collected by mean of comprehensive form filled by a physician at the receiving hospital. RESULTS: The receiving hospital were notified prior to the transport in 57.4%. Pretransport information about the patients were adequate in 75% and no data in 9.9%. In 10.4% of the transports, the patients arrived at the receiving hospital in an agonized state. In 80.8% of the transports admitted and 7.4% of the patients were transfer to the other hospital. CONCLUSION: It appears that there are no established guidelines for the emergency transport of critical ill patients in Korea.
