Systemic analysis of pre-hospital trauma emergency treatment in Zhengzhou

• Published in: Journal of acute disease 2019-01, Vol.8 (1), p.34-37
• Main Authors: Shi, Xiao-Peng, Qin, Li-Jie, Chang, Yu-Xia, Li, Fa-Liang, Wang, Peng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Care and treatment; CRAMS; Emergency medical services; Evaluation; Management; Medical emergencies; Pre-hospital first aid; Primary trauma care; Trauma
• ISSN: 2221-6189; 2221-6189
• DOI: 10.4103/2221-6189.250376

Objective: To analyze the data of pre-hospital emergency treatment in zhengzhou from 2007 to 2016, and evaluate the current situation of pre-hospital trauma emergency treatment, in order to provide a scientific basis for effective use of first aid resources and enhance success rate of trauma emergency treatment. Methods: Retrospective analysis was conducted based on pre-hospital emergency resources of Zhengzhou Emergency Medical Rescue Center from 2007 to 2016. Results: The total number of pre-hospital emergency treatment cases was 9305687 from 2007 to 2016 in Zhengzhou, of which 418882 were trauma cases. The top five causes of injury were traffic accident injury, cutting injury, beating injury, crushing injury and falling injury. The top five emergency treatments used were oxygen, hemostasis, dressing and fixation, fluid supplementation, analgesics and sputum aspiration. According to different directions of diagnosis, the pre-hospital emergency patients were divided into four groups:emergency treatment group, emergency observation group, admission to general ward group and admission to ICU group. There was no statistical difference in the ages among the four groups (P>0.05). There were significantly statistical differences in gender composition among the four groups, with more males than females (P