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ROLE OF THE INTENSIVE CARE AMBULANCE IN THE TRANSPORT OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS
Author(s) -
Compton Jeffrey,
Little Miles
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02480.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , medical emergency , emergency medicine , intensive care , accident and emergency , emergency medical services , intensive care medicine , nursing
The performance of intensive care ambulance officers (paramedics) has been assessed by an analysis of interventions and outcomes in 75 patients transported by ambulance services to the Westmead Centre following accidents. An injury severity score has been used to compare anticipated with actual results. It appeared that some 20% of patients benefited from paramedical interventions, that some 10% reached hospital alive because of the interventions, and that about 3% survived in the long term because of the interventions. Ambulance officers showed themselves to be accurate in assessing the severity of trauma.