Rotating night shift support by physicians from the department of regional emergency medicine significantly reduced the number of challenging cases requiring emergency ambulance transport in Fukushima city
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- Onodera Makoto
- Department of Regional Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Tsukada Yasuhiko
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Suzuki Tsuyoshi
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Misawa Tomotaka
- Department of Regional Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Ueno Satoshi
- Department of Regional Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Zenda Rie
- Department of Regional Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Sugaya Kazuki
- Department of Regional Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Muto Kazuya
- Department of Regional Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Sorimachi Kotaro
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Iseki Ken
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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- Other Title
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- 福島市における救急搬送困難事案に対する地域救急医療支援講座による二次救急輪番当直支援の効果
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Abstract
<p>Abstract:[Aim] The aim of this study was to determine the effect of rotating night shift support by physicians from the Department of Regional Emergency Medicine on managing challenging cases requiring emergency transport, all of which occurred under the jurisdiction of Fukushima City Fire Station. [Method] Data on challenging cases during a 4-year period (January 2017 to December 2020) were obtained from the Fukushima City Fire Station emergency transport records. Ambulance transport time records from four hospitals (Hospitals A to D), to which the rotating night shift support physicians were sent, were also obtained. We determined the number of ambulance transports that occurred during the study period at each supported hospital and divided them into days on which support from our department was provided (supported-days group) and not provided (non-supported-days group). We then determined the number and percentage of challenging emergency transport cases in both groups. [Results] The number of challenging emergency transport cases was significantly lower in the supported-days group than in the non-supported-days group at all four hospitals:Hospital A, 6 vs. 34 (p < 0.001); Hospital B, 7 vs. 26 (p < 0.001); Hospital C, 5 vs. 35 (p < 0.001); and Hospital D, 0 vs. 28 (p = 0.025). [Conclusion] Rotating night shift support by physicians from our department significantly reduced the number of challenging cases requiring emergency ambulance transport in Fukushima City. Rotating appropriate triage by emergency medicine physicians may be a useful model in areas where there is a shortage of emergency medicine physicians.</p>
Journal
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- FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL JOURNAL
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FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL JOURNAL 72 (2), 57-64, 2022
Fukushima Society of Medical Science
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390293025962707584
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- NII Book ID
- AN00216776
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- ISSN
- 24367826
- 00162582
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- IRDB
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- Abstract License Flag
- Allowed