A COMPARISON OF PREHOSPITAL ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL AND ACTUAL TIME OF ARRIVAL TO AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

被引:19
作者
PROPP, DA
ROSENBERG, CA
机构
[1] Department of Emergency Medicine, Lutheran General Hosptial, Park Ridge, IL
关键词
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEMS; ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL; PREHOSPITAL CARE; TELEMETRY;
D O I
10.1016/0735-6757(91)90045-L
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
The accuracy of the paramedic's estimated time until arrival (ETA) to an emergency department has never been studied. Two hundred and eighty paramedic runs were prospectively studied in a suburban, residency-afflliated emergency departemnt. The average ETA was 7.39 ± 3.72 minutes. The average actual time until arrival, as clocked by the directing emergency physician was 10.29 ± 3.95 minutes. Two hundred and twenty-seven (81%) patients arrived later than their ETA. There were 24 (8.5%) cases where the physician's prehospital management would have been different had the ETA been more accurate. © 1991.
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