Open AccessTHE IMPACT OF CHANGES ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT IN RYBNIK
Author(s) -
Piotr Kuczera
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
emergency medical service
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2391-7822
DOI - 10.36740/emems202003103
Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , medical emergency , work (physics) , duty , normative , population , service (business) , unit (ring theory) , family medicine , psychology , nursing , business , environmental health , mechanical engineering , philosophy , mathematics education , theology , epistemology , marketing , engineering
The aim: The continuous development of medical sciences, the progress of aging of the population, and the increase in thenumber of accidents constantly force the management of emergency departments (ED) to adopt the conditions in the wardby focusing on the effective protection of patients presenting to the hospital. The subject undertaken in this work was todetermine the effectiveness of changes in the daily functioning of the hospital ED in Rybnik from 2017.Material and methods: The research used numerous literature items as well as normative acts defining the legal conditionsof the State Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system. Unpublished materials, owned by the Provincial SpecialistHospital No. 3 in Rybnik, played an important role. In addition, the method of diagnostic survey was applied with the use ofthe survey technique (a questionnaire): the direct survey conducted among employees of the hospital ED.Results: In the survey, respondents assessed changes in the work organization of the hospital ED, including the introductionof 24-hour duty for emergency medicine specialists, the introduction of a scheduled admission room as well as the introductionof patient’s initial assessment with a separate room for the initial assessment of children. Most of the respondents’assessments were above the average.Conclusions: This information is optimistic and expresses the positive attitude of the employees of the ED in Rybnik to thechanges introduced in the unit, and thus to increasing the efficiency of the daily work of the hospital ED in Rybnik.