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G20 Summit and emergency medical services in Osaka, Japan

AIM: To assess the impact of the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy held in Osaka City, Japan (G20 Osaka Summit) on the emergency medical services (EMS) system. METHODS: This study used the ORION database with its population‐based registry of emergency patients comprising both ambulan...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Kenta, Morikawa, Kosuke, Katayama, Yusuke, Kitamura, Tetsuhisa, Sobue, Tomotaka, Nakao, Shota, Nitta, Masahiko, Iwami, Taku, Fujimi, Satoshi, Uejima, Toshifumi, Miyamoto, Yuji, Baba, Takehiko, Mizobata, Yasumitsu, Kuwagata, Yasuyuki, Matsuoka, Tetsuya, Shimazu, Takeshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34012552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.661
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author Tanaka, Kenta
Morikawa, Kosuke
Katayama, Yusuke
Kitamura, Tetsuhisa
Sobue, Tomotaka
Nakao, Shota
Nitta, Masahiko
Iwami, Taku
Fujimi, Satoshi
Uejima, Toshifumi
Miyamoto, Yuji
Baba, Takehiko
Mizobata, Yasumitsu
Kuwagata, Yasuyuki
Matsuoka, Tetsuya
Shimazu, Takeshi
author_facet Tanaka, Kenta
Morikawa, Kosuke
Katayama, Yusuke
Kitamura, Tetsuhisa
Sobue, Tomotaka
Nakao, Shota
Nitta, Masahiko
Iwami, Taku
Fujimi, Satoshi
Uejima, Toshifumi
Miyamoto, Yuji
Baba, Takehiko
Mizobata, Yasumitsu
Kuwagata, Yasuyuki
Matsuoka, Tetsuya
Shimazu, Takeshi
author_sort Tanaka, Kenta
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description AIM: To assess the impact of the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy held in Osaka City, Japan (G20 Osaka Summit) on the emergency medical services (EMS) system. METHODS: This study used the ORION database with its population‐based registry of emergency patients comprising both ambulance and in‐hospital records in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The G20 Osaka Summit was held in Osaka City from 28 to 29 June, 2019. Changes in the EMS system and traffic regulations in Osaka were made during the period from 27 to 30 June, but we focused on the two summit days as the G20 period. The control periods comprised the same calendar days 1 week before and 1 week after the G20 period. We evaluated differences in the number of emergency transports, difficulties in obtaining hospital acceptance of patients, deaths among hospitalized emergency patients, and ambulance transport times between the two periods. RESULTS: In total, 2,590 cases in the G20 period and 5,152 cases in the control periods were registered. The relative risk of cases during the G20 versus control periods was 1.01 (0.96–1.05). Significant decreases were observed in the number of traffic accidents as ambulance calls (relative risk = 0.77; 95% confidence interval, 0.64–0.91). There were no significant differences in difficulties in obtaining hospital acceptance or deaths among hospitalized emergency patients between the G20 and control periods. In addition, ambulance transport times during the G20 period were not significantly longer than those in the control periods. CONCLUSION: The G20 Osaka Summit did not adversely impact the provision of emergency medical care in the Osaka area.
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spelling pubmed-81124782021-05-18 G20 Summit and emergency medical services in Osaka, Japan Tanaka, Kenta Morikawa, Kosuke Katayama, Yusuke Kitamura, Tetsuhisa Sobue, Tomotaka Nakao, Shota Nitta, Masahiko Iwami, Taku Fujimi, Satoshi Uejima, Toshifumi Miyamoto, Yuji Baba, Takehiko Mizobata, Yasumitsu Kuwagata, Yasuyuki Matsuoka, Tetsuya Shimazu, Takeshi Acute Med Surg Brief Communications AIM: To assess the impact of the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy held in Osaka City, Japan (G20 Osaka Summit) on the emergency medical services (EMS) system. METHODS: This study used the ORION database with its population‐based registry of emergency patients comprising both ambulance and in‐hospital records in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The G20 Osaka Summit was held in Osaka City from 28 to 29 June, 2019. Changes in the EMS system and traffic regulations in Osaka were made during the period from 27 to 30 June, but we focused on the two summit days as the G20 period. The control periods comprised the same calendar days 1 week before and 1 week after the G20 period. We evaluated differences in the number of emergency transports, difficulties in obtaining hospital acceptance of patients, deaths among hospitalized emergency patients, and ambulance transport times between the two periods. RESULTS: In total, 2,590 cases in the G20 period and 5,152 cases in the control periods were registered. The relative risk of cases during the G20 versus control periods was 1.01 (0.96–1.05). Significant decreases were observed in the number of traffic accidents as ambulance calls (relative risk = 0.77; 95% confidence interval, 0.64–0.91). There were no significant differences in difficulties in obtaining hospital acceptance or deaths among hospitalized emergency patients between the G20 and control periods. In addition, ambulance transport times during the G20 period were not significantly longer than those in the control periods. CONCLUSION: The G20 Osaka Summit did not adversely impact the provision of emergency medical care in the Osaka area. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8112478/ /pubmed/34012552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.661 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Acute Medicine & Surgery published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japanese Association for Acute Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
spellingShingle Brief Communications
Tanaka, Kenta
Morikawa, Kosuke
Katayama, Yusuke
Kitamura, Tetsuhisa
Sobue, Tomotaka
Nakao, Shota
Nitta, Masahiko
Iwami, Taku
Fujimi, Satoshi
Uejima, Toshifumi
Miyamoto, Yuji
Baba, Takehiko
Mizobata, Yasumitsu
Kuwagata, Yasuyuki
Matsuoka, Tetsuya
Shimazu, Takeshi
G20 Summit and emergency medical services in Osaka, Japan
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title_full G20 Summit and emergency medical services in Osaka, Japan
title_fullStr G20 Summit and emergency medical services in Osaka, Japan
title_full_unstemmed G20 Summit and emergency medical services in Osaka, Japan
title_short G20 Summit and emergency medical services in Osaka, Japan
title_sort g20 summit and emergency medical services in osaka, japan
topic Brief Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34012552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ams2.661
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