Follow-up computerized study of prehospital care

Author

Stavroulakis, AM ; Kenny, JF ; Ortiz, Victor ; Ortiz, V.

Author_Institution

Kingsborough Commun. Coll., Brooklyn, NY, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

22-23 May 1995

Firstpage

126

Lastpage

128

Abstract

This follow-up computerized study of Prehospital Care Reports (PCRs), aimed at further improving the quality of care provided by North Shore Rescue Squad (NSRS), a volunteer ambulance squad serving Staten Island, NY, expanded the database of a preliminary 6 month investigation. Information extracted from the data regarding the most common medications reported on the PCRs, and the most frequent geographic response locations, revealed changes in call location concentrations and consistency in medications reported. Distribution of geographic information to NSRS drivers, as well as medication information to all squad members, is a method of attaining the goal of improved prehospital patient care

Keywords

health care; medical information systems; patient care; relational databases; NSRS; NSRS drivers; NY; North Shore Rescue Squad; Prehospital Care Reports; Staten Island; call location concentrations; care quality; database; follow-up computerized study; geographic information; medication information; most common medications; most frequent geographic response locations; prehospital care; prehospital patient care; preliminary 6 month investigation; relational database management system; squad members; volunteer ambulance squad; Data mining; Information analysis; Insulin; Medical treatment; Personnel; Relational databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE 21st Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Bar Harbor, ME

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2692-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.1995.513759

Filename

513759