Elderly and Nonelderly Use of a Dedicated Ambulance Corps’ Emergency Medical Services in Taiwan.
Backgrounds and Aim. Taiwan’s population is gradually aging; however, there are no comparative data on emergency medical services (EMS) use between the elderly and nonelderly. Methods. We analyzed the emergency calls dealt with between January 1 and April 4, 2014, by EMS in one city in Taiwan. All c...
| Publicado en: | BioMed Research International Vol. 2016; pp. 1 - 8 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
7/11/2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=116734687&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 116734687 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 23146133 FT2T jtl: BioMed Research International issn: 23146133 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 7/11/2016 vid: 2016 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 116734687 116734687 116734687 10.1155/2016/1506436 116734687 ppf: 1 ppct: 7 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Elderly and Nonelderly Use of a Dedicated Ambulance Corps’ Emergency Medical Services in Taiwan. aug: au: Huang, Chien-Chia Chen, Wei-Lung Hsu, Chien-Chin Lin, Hung-Jung Su, Shih-Bin Guo, How-Ran Huang, Chien-Cheng Chen, Pi-Ching affil: Tainan City Government Fire Bureau, Annan Branch, Tainan 709, Taiwan sug: subj: Emergency Medical Services Utilization Age Factors Ambulances Human Taiwan Comparative Studies Aged Middle Age Descriptive Statistics P-Value Time Factors Respiratory Therapy Oxygen Saturation Consciousness Retrospective Design Male Female Mann-Whitney U Test Chi Square Test Unpaired T-Tests Fisher's Exact Test Data Analysis Software Aged, 80 and Over Adult Trauma Classification Vital Signs Aged: 65+ years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged, 80 & over Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: Backgrounds and Aim. Taiwan’s population is gradually aging; however, there are no comparative data on emergency medical services (EMS) use between the elderly and nonelderly. Methods. We analyzed the emergency calls dealt with between January 1 and April 4, 2014, by EMS in one city in Taiwan. All calls were divided into two groups: elderly (≥65 years) and nonelderly (<65 years). Nontransport and transport calls were compared between the groups for demographic characteristics, transport time, reasons for calling EMS, vital signs, and emergency management. Results. There were 1,001 EMS calls: 226 nontransport and 775 transport calls. The elderly accounted for significantly (P<0.05) fewer (28 (9.2%)) nontransport calls than did the nonelderly (136 (21.4%)). In the transport calls, 276 (35.6%) were the elderly. The elderly had a higher proportion of histories for cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, end-stage renal disease, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, the elderly had significantly longer total transport time, more nontrauma reasons, and poorer consciousness levels and lower oxygen saturation and needed more respiratory management and more frequent resuscitation during transport than did the nonelderly. Conclusion. The elderly have more specific needs than do the nonelderly. Adapting EMS training, operations, and government policies to aging societies is mandatory and should begin now. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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