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Assessing the quality of Pre-Hospital Emergency Services for children in Yazd Emergency Center from 2021 to 2022
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Naiire Salmani   , Seyed Mohamad Javad Mirjalili , Saeedreza Pahlavanpoor |
| Associate proffesor , Accident prevention and Crisis research center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd,Iran. , n.salmani@ssu.ac.ir |
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Abstract: (3 Views) |
Introduction: Comprehensive knowledge about the quality of pre-hospital emergency services for children can contribute to assessing the adequacy of such services. The present study sought to assess the quality of pre-hospital emergency services for children in the Yazd Medical Emergency Center from 2021 to 2022.
Method: A descriptive-cross-sectional study was conducted on all registered cases of children aged 0-18 in the emergency center of Yazd during 1400 and 1401 based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The data related to age, gender, main complaint, time indicators (response time, scene time, and transport time), and outcomes were extracted and then analyzed with descriptive statistics.
Results: The data showed that most of the emergency calls were related to adolescents and males. The most registered complaints were about traffic accidents (car crashes). An analysis of the average time indicators showed that the time interval between receiving a call and dispatching an ambulance was 53 seconds, response time was 7 minutes and 46 seconds, time spent at the scene was 11 minutes and 27 seconds, and transfer time was 13 minutes and 15 seconds. The frequency of death at the scene before ambulance arrival was 0.5%, and most cases were transferred to medical centers.
Conclusion: Most of the emergency medical services were offered to male adolescents who were injured in traffic accidents, and the time indicators were within the standard range. Therefore, it is recommended that the necessary measures to reduce the occurrence of traffic accidents in children, especially adolescents, be taken into consideration by the managers and planners of the country's traffic organization. |
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| Keywords: Children, Prehospital Emergency |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2025/03/11 | Accepted: 2025/12/19 | Published: 2025/12/31
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