An evaluation of pre-hospital communication between ambulances and an accident and emergency department |
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Authors: | Rowlands Andrew |
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Institution: | Accident and Emergency Department, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK. a.b.rowlands@btinternet.com |
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Abstract: | We studied pre-hospital notification and the quality of data received from ambulance crews transporting seriously ill or injured patients to an accident and emergency department. During a two-month study period, pre-hospital notification was received for 54 patients. However, the department was notified about only 25 of 62 patients (40%) who, on arrival by ambulance, were triaged as emergencies. Despite developing a data protocol for emergency pre-hospital communication and being equipped to receive emergency ambulance calls directly, many such patients still arrived either unannounced or described in insufficient detail to allow appropriate preparations to be made for them. |
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