this was a prospective cross-sectional study of consecutive transported patients by emergency medical service (ems) to a referral hospital. the goal of this study was the evaluation of emergency medical technician intermediate prediction about their transported patients disposition in emergency department of imam khomeini hospital. 2950 patients were transported to this hospital, questionnaires...

conclusions the delay time from symptom onset to hospital admission was high in patients with ami. it is necessary to create emergency medical system (ems) stations in suburbs and train the public on the importance of quick contact with the ems when the symptoms of an ami are observed. results the median delay was 129 minutes (mean ± sd, 240.44 ± 295.30). overall, 32.5% of patients were admitte...

background: air pollution is one of the most important factors threatening the health of citizens. it increases the prevalence of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases as well as emergency admissions to hospitals in the polluted metropolitan cities. the present study was conducted using air quality (airq) model and aimed to investigate the effects of air pollution on the number of emergency c...

BACKGROUND Emergency admission rates have been rising steadily in recent years, with the majority of the increase owing to emergency medical admissions. Possible causative factors include changing demography, incidence of disease, admission thresholds, multiple admissions, and appropriateness of admission. AIM To investigate the impact of patient and practice factors on variance in general pr...

Background: Appropriate and timely response in urgent situations requires high knowledge, physical and mental preparedness. Since emergency medical technicians are the first professional respondents in the health system, selecting the right people among the candidates to study in this field is very important. Due to the fact that there was a no specific model in the country of Iran to propose t...

Some emergency admissions can be avoided if acute exacerbations of health problems are managed by emergency and urgent care services without resorting to admission to a hospital bed. In England, these services include hospitals, emergency ambulance, and a range of primary and community services. The aim was to identify whether characteristics of hospitals affect potentially avoidable emergency ...