Level of Emergency Medical care Required in Religious Mass Gathering
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
;
: 179-184, 1997.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-122479
ABSTRACT
STUDY OBJECTIVE:
determine the level of medical care required for mass gatherings and describe the types of medical problems encountered in a religious mass gathered ceremony.DESIGN:
Standard charts and a four-tiered triage system(minor, moderate, urgent, and emergent) were developed before the event. The triage system was applied to each chart retrospectively by a single emergency physician.SETTING:
Medical staff(10 physicians,13 nurses,1 pharmacist, and 54 first-aid attendants) were based in 8 advanced life support (ALS) clinics.INTERVENTIONS:
First-aid attendants referred patients to the clinics, where nurses conducted initial assessments and referred patients to physicians at the venue. Three ambulances were stationed at the venues.RESULT:
22 trauma patients were developed and 183 medical complaints were encountered. Only 7 urgent medical problems were encountered.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pharmacists
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Retrospective Studies
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Ambulances
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Triage
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Emergencies
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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