Do ambulance crews triage trauma patients?
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether ambulance crew triage trauma patients appropriately. DESIGN A retrospective descriptive study. SETTINGS Cornwall County Ambulance Service. VARIABLES STUDIED On-scene times, injury severity, establishment of intravenous infusion and time from scene to A&E department. SUBJECTS Patients with compound fracture of the lower limb taken to Truro Accident and Emergency department. OUTCOME MEASURES Ambulance service on-scene times and mission times. RESULTS Ambulance crew do not appear to be triaging patients appropriately. Excessive time is being spent on pre-hospital stabilization. Delivery of patients to a casualty department is delayed. CONCLUSION At present the activities of paramedics are poorly supervised, and pre-hospital management by paramedics may be jeopardizing patient care.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of emergency medicine
دوره 8 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991