Current application and influencing factor of emergency medical service in patients with acute heart failure
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2012.01.006
- VernacularTitle:急性心力衰竭患者急救医疗服务使用状况及影响因素分析
- Author:
Ping ZENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acute heart failure;
Emergency medical service;
Influencing factor
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2012;28(1):16-18
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the current application and influencing factor of emergency medical service in patients with acute heart failure in our hospital.Methods 254 patients with acute heart failure who visited our hospital from January 2008 to December 2010 were selected.Data were collected by questionnaire and medical records in one week after admission to the hospital.The current application and influencing factors of emergency medical service in patients were analyzed.Results Of all the patients with acute heart failme,only 89(35％)arrived at the hospital by emergency medical service,but the rest 165(65％)relied on self-transport.Multivariate logistic analysis showed that age,sex,education level,unbearable symptoms and attribution of symptoms to cardiac origin were independent predictors of the use of emergency medical service.The effective treatment rate was higher,and the pre-hospital time was shorter in patients who used emergency medical service than those relied on self-transport.Conclusions The use rate of emergency medical service in patients with acute heart failure is low,and age,sex,education level,the characters of symptoms and cognitive factors of patients influence the use of emergency medical service in patients with acute heart failure.
