The Revised Telephonic Triage of New Jersey and Conventional Method of Triage by Emergency Medical Dispatchers of Qom Emergency Medical Services, Iran, in 2012: A Comparative Investigation
Autor: | Nezhat Shakeri, Mohammad Javad Bagheri, Hamid Asayesh, Mohammad Parvaresh Masoud, Sima Zohari Anboohi, Mohsen Chavoshi, Mahdi Kashani Nejad, Mahryar Yoldashkhan |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine medicine.disease Triage 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Emergency medicine medicine Emergency medical services 030212 general & internal medicine Overall performance Medical emergency business |
Zdroj: | Journal of Critical Care Nursing. |
ISSN: | 2008-336X 2008-3084 |
DOI: | 10.17795/ccn-7876 |
Popis: | Background: The demand for medical emergencies often begins with a call to a dispatch center. Appropriate performance of this unit significantly influences providing eective services. formance of emergency medical dispatchers of Qom. Conventional (September and October) and New Jersey data (December and January) were extracted and compared. November was skipped due to emergency medical dispatcher familiarity with the program. Results: Performing the new method non-significantly changed the response time (P = 0.053) and communication skill (P = 0.053). Scientific and medical skills (P = 0.000) were significantly changed. Overall performance significantly improved (P = 0.000). Conclusions: The revised New Jersey method significantly increased appropriate overall performance of the communication ex- perts and decreased their dysfunction. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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