We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Clinical Outcomes on Real-Time Telemetry System in Developing Emergency Medical Service System.
- Authors
Yun Kwon Kim; Ki Young Kim; Kang Hyun Lee; Sang Chul Kim; Hyun Kim; Sung Oh Hwang; Kyoung Chul Cha
- Abstract
AbstractObjective:With the development of information technology, real-time telemetry has been invented for checking patients' physiologic parameters during their transport, via an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system. We developed a Real-Time Telemetry System (RTS), which sends physiologic parameters includingelectrocardiogram (ECG), vital signs, and pulse oxymetry in real-time from the ambulance to a hospital through the Emergency Medical Information Center, a kind of central control unit. Therefore, we asked whether the RTS monitoring affects the use of medical direction in EMS system.Methods:Of six ambulance stations covering EMS transport with RTS monitor, 941 patients who were classified as emergency patients by an Emergency Medical Technician were retrospectively enrolled in this study. We divided them into two groups: group 1 (the patients using RTS monitoring) and group 2 (control group).Results:The mean age was 53.5 ± 22.8 years, and 494 patients were men. RTS monitoring was used in 118 (20%) patients. Medical direction for treatments in group 1 was much more than that of group 2 (8.0% vs. 0.3%;p <0.001). Ambulance diversion to proper hospitals in group 1 was much more than that of group 2 (14.4% vs. 0.1%;p <0.001). The mean treatment time at the scene in group 1 also decreased more significantly than that of group 2 (4.4 ± 3.5 min vs. 6.3 ± 5.9 min;p <0.001).Conclusion:The results showed that intermediate medical direction in the cases using the RTS was conducted more than in the conventional method—ambulance to the hospital. These results suggest that the RTS monitoring enhances the quality in developing EMS system.
- Subjects
EMERGENCY medical services; INFORMATION technology; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; TELEMEDICINE; HEALTH outcome assessment; RETROSPECTIVE studies
- Publication
Telemedicine & e-Health, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 4, p247
- ISSN
1530-5627
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/tmj.2010.0152