Exploring the Gender and Age Demographics of Patients Treated by Emergency Medical Teams during Disasters.

Autor:	Shiroma N; Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan., Chimed-Ochir O; Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan., Yumiya Y; Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan., Cossa M; Ministry of Health of Mozambique, Maputo 1008, Mozambique., Ussene I; Ministry of Health of Mozambique, Maputo 1008, Mozambique., Toyokuni Y; National Hospital Organization Headquarters DMAT Secretariat MHLW, Tokyo 190-8579, Japan., Chishima K; National Hospital Organization Headquarters DMAT Secretariat MHLW, Tokyo 190-8579, Japan., Akahoshi K; Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Tokyo 100-8916, Japan., Mimura S; National Hospital Organization Headquarters DMAT Secretariat MHLW, Tokyo 190-8579, Japan., Wakai A; National Hospital Organization Headquarters DMAT Secretariat MHLW, Tokyo 190-8579, Japan., Kondo H; National Hospital Organization Headquarters DMAT Secretariat MHLW, Tokyo 190-8579, Japan., Koido Y; National Hospital Organization Headquarters DMAT Secretariat MHLW, Tokyo 190-8579, Japan., Salio F; Emergency Medical Teams, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland., Kayano R; World Health Organization Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre), Kobe 651-0073, Japan., Kubo T; Department of Public Health and Health Policy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal of environmental research and public health [Int J Environ Res Public Health] 2024 May 28; Vol. 21 (6). Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 28.
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph21060696
Abstrakt:	Background: Standardized health-data collection enables effective disaster responses and patient care. Emergency medical teams use the Japan Surveillance in Post-Extreme Emergencies and Disasters (J-SPEED) reporting template to collect patient data. EMTs submit data on treated patients to an EMT coordination cell. The World Health Organization's (WHO) EMT minimum dataset (MDS) offers an international standard for disaster data collection. Goal: The goal of this study was to analyze age and gender distribution of medical consultations in EMT during disasters. Methods: Data collected from 2016 to 2020 using the J-SPEED/MDS tools during six disasters in Japan and Mozambique were analyzed. Linear regression with data smoothing via the moving average method was employed to identify trends in medical consultations based on age and gender. Results: 31,056 consultations were recorded: 13,958 in Japan and 17,098 in Mozambique. Women accounted for 56.3% and 55.7% of examinees in Japan and Mozambique, respectively. Children accounted for 6.8% of consultations in Japan and 28.1% in Mozambique. Elders accounted for 1.32 and 1.52 times more consultations than adults in Japan and Mozambique, respectively. Conclusions: Study findings highlight the importance of considering age-specific healthcare requirements in disaster planning. Real-time data collection tools such as J-SPEED and MDS, which generate both daily reports and raw data for in-depth analysis, facilitate the validation of equitable access to healthcare services, emphasize the specific needs of vulnerable groups, and enable the consideration of cultural preferences to improve healthcare provision by EMTs.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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