Evaluation of use of the 112 Emergency Ambulance Service in Karabuk City

dc.authoridBenli, Ali Ramazan/0000-0003-0039-1497
dc.contributor.authorBenli, Ali Ramazan
dc.contributor.authorKoyunau, Murat
dc.contributor.authorCesur, Ozkan
dc.contributor.authorKarakaya, Ekrem
dc.contributor.authorCure, Ruhi
dc.contributor.authorTuran, Muhammet Kamil
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:09:35Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:09:35Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of pre-hospital emergency 112 ambulance services in Karabuk city. Material and Metod: This discriptive study all 112 emergency service utilizations were performed retrospectivly between 01 January-31 December 2013. For this purpose the forms of emergency calls were evalatued. Data on demografics, reasons for using ambulance services, preliminary diagnosis, the transport time that emergency medical team to the scene of event, emergency service diagnosis and reasons for to out of province medical referrals were collected from 112 call forms and emergency service charts. Results: During the study period, 21.878 patients have benefited from the 112 emergency ambulance services in Karabuk city. Of these, trauma (by15.3%) were the most common reason fort the 112 emergency calls, followed by cardiovascular diseases (11,3%). Transport time was less than 10 minutes in 67.8% of the cases and 30 minutes in 95% of the cases, respectively. In the first half hour 95% of the cases were reached. on out-of-province. Ambulances were used by the most reasons of the non-emergency(n=103) and the second reasons of cardiac patients(n=52) on out-of-province Discussion: Traumas and cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of 112 calls in Karabuk city. Most of the out-of-province referrals were due to non-emergent conditions or cardiovascular diseases. Our results highlight the importance of appropriate use of 112 emergency ambulance services. Shipped out of the province instead of ambulances for non-emergency patient should be used transport vehicles. Establishment of cardiac catheterization and open-heart surgery services will reduce out-of-province referrals.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4328/JCAM.2755
dc.identifier.endpage274en_US
dc.identifier.issn1309-0720
dc.identifier.issn1309-2014
dc.identifier.startpage271en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4328/JCAM.2755
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/7647
dc.identifier.volume6en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000215591800004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherDerman Medical Publen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Clinical and Analytical Medicineen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectEmergency Servicesen_US
dc.subject112 callsen_US
dc.subjectAmbulanceen_US
dc.titleEvaluation of use of the 112 Emergency Ambulance Service in Karabuk Cityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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