Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Aug 1994
Comparative Study[Quality development at an emergency unit--an intervention study based on consumer satisfaction].
A study among the users of an emergency department was carried out to assess user satisfaction, based upon a questionnaire. The study was split into two periods, before and after a change in procedure in the emergency department, namely that a nurse was to give information about waiting time, make coordinations and fix an order of priority of patients (triage) in the waiting room. ⋯ There were no difference between the two groups concerning opinions on information about diagnosis, treatment and outcome, whether there was enough time for examination, treatment and information, whether the staff were obliging or whether their expectations had been fulfilled. It is concluded that such changes in procedure in the emergency department are to be recommended.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Aug 1994
Comparative Study[Disposable transducers for invasive blood pressure measurement. A test of the dynamic characteristics].
The accuracy of intra-arterial blood pressure measurement is dependent on the dynamic characteristics of the transducer. Specifications made by the manufacturers are often misleading. Four different transducers are tested in a clinically relevant setting. The resonance frequencies of all the transducers were found to be acceptable.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Aug 1994
[Are ambulances manned by physicians used in a sufficient extent for trauma patients?].
The aim of the study was to investigate, how often a hospital-based ambulance manned by medical doctors from the intensive care unit took part in prehospital treatment and transportation of severely injured patients in the Holstebro area. The design was a retrospective investigation based on reports concerning all trauma patients admitted by ambulance to Holstebro Central Hospital during the period 1.1.1990 to 31.12.1990 (171 admissions). All cases were classified according to the AIS-scale (1990 version) and the ISS-score was calculated for all patients. ⋯ Median ISS in the group of patients that was transported by a standard ambulance was 8.6 (1-18), and 12.7 (1-43) in the group of patients that was transported by the special ambulance manned by medical doctors. Fifteen patients (68.2%) out of the group of patients with an ISS-score > 12 were transported by standard ambulance. We thus conclude that the activation of the hospital-based ambulance manned with medical doctors to trauma patients has to be improved, so that all severely traumatised patients are transported by this kind of ambulance instead of by a standard ambulance.