Supervisors info:
Παπαγεωργίου Δημήτριος, Επίκουρος Καθηγητή, τμήματος Νοσηλευτικής, ΑΤΕΙ Αθηνών.
Κελέση Σταυροπούλου Μάρθα , Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, τμήματος Νοσηλευτικής, ΑΤΕΙ Αθηνών.
Φασόη Γεωργία, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, τμήματος Νοσηλευτικής, ΑΤΕΙ Αθηνών.
Summary:
ABSTRACT: Initial management of emergencies, as a trauma patient from car accident for example but and other type of accidents like work accidents is one of the most difficult and multi-faceted problems in the emergency medicine. The transportation time for a trauma patient, from the time that the accident happened until the time of a trauma patient admitted to the Emergency Department (ED) is absolutely definitive for their health outcome. PURPOSE: The register of the transportation time for a trauma patient, from the time that the first aid called, until the time of a trauma patient admitted to the ED. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The studied population consisted of 95 trauma patients aged over 14 years old and Injury Severity Score (ISS) >15 who were transported to the ED of a general hospital in Athens from February 2014 until December 2015. Demographic characteristics, vital signs, intervention rescue, time that the first aid called, time that the first aid arrived to the scene, receipt trauma patient time, time of a trauma patient admitted to the ED and the total time trauma patient transport were recorded. Data analysis was performed with the statistical package SPSS ver. 19.0. RESULTS: According to demographic characteristics the 68, 4% were males, the 83, 2% were Greeks and the mean age of study participants was 41, 8 έτη ± 15,9. The main cause accident was the motorcycle accident (34, 8%). The time that the first aid called until the time that the first aid arrived to the scene was 12, 5 ±8 min. The time that the first aid arrived to the scene until the receipt time was 14,6 ±11,2 min. The arrived time to the scene until the time in which the First Aid receipt the trauma patient was varied according the way of accident, specifically in cases entrainment by vehicle the time was significantly higher (18,4 ±15,6 min) in relation to the accidents with motorcycle (9,7 ±4,2 min). Furthermore the time of arrival until the receipt was significantly greater when there was evacuation of the car. The period time of receipt until the arrival in ED was 17, 8 ±8, 7 min. Finally the total time from the time that the First Aid called until the arrival to the ED was 44, 1 ±18, 4 min. CONCLUSIONS: The average transportation time from the call in first aid until the arrival to the ED was 44,1 ±18,4 min and influenced by the type of accident and the interventions of rescue teams.
Keywords:
Polytrauma patient, Traffic acccidents, Transportation time, Emergency Department, National Emergency Aid, Arrival time, Receipt trauma patient time, Emergency call
