Relationship Between Nonconveyed Cases and On-Scene Time Intervals for Emergency Medical Services
| Autor: | Daifallah M. Alrazeeni |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Service (business)
Multivariate analysis business.industry 030503 health policy & services education General Medicine Bivariate analysis medicine.disease Retrospective data 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Emergency medical services Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Medical emergency 0305 other medical science business General Nursing |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 13:1895-1904 |
| ISSN: | 1178-2390 |
| DOI: | 10.2147/jmdh.s279693 |
| Popis: | Purpose Emergency medical service (EMS) consumption is increasing worldwide. Some EMS cases in Saudi Arabia result in nonconveyance of patients. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between nonconveyed EMS cases and on-scene time intervals in Riyadh EMS centers. Methods Nonrandomized retrospective data obtained from EMS providers of nonconveyed emergency cases were gathered and analyzed. Data were taken from the ten busiest EMS centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from January 1 to April 30, 2019. Analyses of means ± SD, bivariate comparisons, multivariate analysis, CI correlations, and regressionwere performed. Results Categories of nonconveyed cases were "Treatment given at the scene" V1 = 66, "Refused by patient/relative" (V2 = 876), "Patient not found" (V3 = 67), "Dead patient" (V4 = 80", "Other (police, etc)" (V5 = 34), and NA (96). We found highly significant differences (p |
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