Types of emergency patient analyzed using the geographic information system
- Author:
Ba Woo KANG
1
;
Jun Hwi CHO
;
Joong Bum MOON
;
Chan Woo PARK
;
Myoung Chul SHIN
;
Yoon Soo PARK
;
Go Eun YANG
;
Chang-Hwan KIM
;
Sun-Hak BAE
;
Taek Geun OHK
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2021;32(5):432-446
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Objective:Predicting the incidence of emergency patients can be very important for the efficient use of emergency medical resources and the deployment of 119 centers in a pre-hospital setting. The study was conducted to analyze the occurrence of emergency patients using geographic information systems in a pre-hospital setting in Korea.
Methods:The basic data used in this study were collected from the 119 centers in Chuncheon-si, Korea, under the firefighting headquarters in Gangwon-do from January 2012 to December 2016.
Results:The total number of patients transferred by 119 paramedics was 72,362. Of these, 9,904 (14.7%) were emergency patients; 519 (0.7%) had cardiovascular diseases; 383 (0.5%) had cerebrovascular diseases; 3,043 (4.2%) were trauma patients; 58,413 (80.7%) were non-emergency patients. The occurrence of emergency diseases was slightly lower in the Hyoja-dong area, and it was slightly higher in the area of the outskirts of the city. The incidence of heart disease was low in the Hyoja-dong and Nam-myeon areas, but the incidence of heart disease was highly observed in other areas. The number of trauma patients was 1,265 (41.6%) in the outskirts of the city, a suburban area, showing a relatively higher incidence than other emerging diseases.
Conclusion:The deployment of ambulances in Chuncheon-si should be carried out considering demographic characteristics and patient occurrence.
