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Analysis of emergency air medical services over 9 years in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan
OBJECTIVE: Emergency air medical services (EAMS) share a common helicopter system for prehospital care and transfer in several countries. In Penghu, two systems are involved in EAMS: the helicopter and C130 systems. Given their features and limitations, patients using the two systems have significan...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7015014/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32110526 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_216_18 |
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author | Wu, Meng-Yu Li, Chia-Jung Hou, Yueh-Tseng Chen, Yu-Long Chang, Fung-Wei Yiang, Giou-Teng |
author_facet | Wu, Meng-Yu Li, Chia-Jung Hou, Yueh-Tseng Chen, Yu-Long Chang, Fung-Wei Yiang, Giou-Teng |
author_sort | Wu, Meng-Yu |
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description | OBJECTIVE: Emergency air medical services (EAMS) share a common helicopter system for prehospital care and transfer in several countries. In Penghu, two systems are involved in EAMS: the helicopter and C130 systems. Given their features and limitations, patients using the two systems have significantly different characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To clearly understand the disease patterns and dynamic changes in transferred patients, we studied 1228 patients transported from Penghu to Taiwan between January 2009 and December 2017. RESULTS: Our findings show that the helicopter group had more acute diseases, while the C130 system group had more chronic diseases. Cardiovascular disease was the most common diagnosis (328 patients, 26.71%), followed by cerebrovascular disease (263 patients, 21.41%) and gastrointestinal disease (221 patients, 17.99%). Following interventions to support local medicine by Tri-Service General Hospital and the establishment of a cardiac catheterization laboratory, the annual number of transported patients decreased, especially those with cardiovascular diseases. The disease pattern also shifted from acute to chronic disease. CONCLUSION: Current data indicate that the local medical system is developing the ability to manage chronic diseases and care problems. This article analyzes dynamic changes in the disease patterns of transferred patients in both EAMS groups, providing a strong foundation for developing local medical systems. |
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spelling | pubmed-70150142020-02-27 Analysis of emergency air medical services over 9 years in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan Wu, Meng-Yu Li, Chia-Jung Hou, Yueh-Tseng Chen, Yu-Long Chang, Fung-Wei Yiang, Giou-Teng Tzu Chi Med J Original Article OBJECTIVE: Emergency air medical services (EAMS) share a common helicopter system for prehospital care and transfer in several countries. In Penghu, two systems are involved in EAMS: the helicopter and C130 systems. Given their features and limitations, patients using the two systems have significantly different characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To clearly understand the disease patterns and dynamic changes in transferred patients, we studied 1228 patients transported from Penghu to Taiwan between January 2009 and December 2017. RESULTS: Our findings show that the helicopter group had more acute diseases, while the C130 system group had more chronic diseases. Cardiovascular disease was the most common diagnosis (328 patients, 26.71%), followed by cerebrovascular disease (263 patients, 21.41%) and gastrointestinal disease (221 patients, 17.99%). Following interventions to support local medicine by Tri-Service General Hospital and the establishment of a cardiac catheterization laboratory, the annual number of transported patients decreased, especially those with cardiovascular diseases. The disease pattern also shifted from acute to chronic disease. CONCLUSION: Current data indicate that the local medical system is developing the ability to manage chronic diseases and care problems. This article analyzes dynamic changes in the disease patterns of transferred patients in both EAMS groups, providing a strong foundation for developing local medical systems. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7015014/ /pubmed/32110526 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_216_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Tzu Chi Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Wu, Meng-Yu Li, Chia-Jung Hou, Yueh-Tseng Chen, Yu-Long Chang, Fung-Wei Yiang, Giou-Teng Analysis of emergency air medical services over 9 years in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan |
title | Analysis of emergency air medical services over 9 years in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan |
title_full | Analysis of emergency air medical services over 9 years in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan |
title_fullStr | Analysis of emergency air medical services over 9 years in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of emergency air medical services over 9 years in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan |
title_short | Analysis of emergency air medical services over 9 years in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan |
title_sort | analysis of emergency air medical services over 9 years in the penghu archipelago of taiwan |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7015014/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32110526 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_216_18 |
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