Title :
Follow-up computerized study of prehospital care
Author :
Stavroulakis, AM ; Kenny, JF ; Ortiz, Victor ; Ortiz, V.
Author_Institution :
Kingsborough Commun. Coll., Brooklyn, NY, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE 21st Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Bar Harbor, ME
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2692-X
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1995.513759
