COVID-19对美国中西部上部紧急医疗服务利用率和严重性的影响
Moshe Shalom1, Brett Boggust2, M Carson Rogerson3
1Tel Aviv University Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel.
PloS one
|October 1, 2024
概括
在2020年,COVID-19大流行使紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 呼叫量减少了28.7%. 呼叫的严重程度增加,更多的运输和死亡,特别是在城市地区.
科学领域:
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,医疗保健的准入和患者的行为发生了重大变化.
- 紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 对于及时的医疗干预至关重要.
- 了解疫情期间EMS利用的转变对于公共卫生规划至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 与2015-2019年相比,分析2020年EMS呼叫量和特征的变化.
- 为了比较呼叫者的人口统计数据,呼叫严重程度,以及EMS激活原因.
- 确定城市和农村地区之间这些变化的差异.
主要方法:
- 追溯分析了2015-2019年的262,232个EMS电话和2020年的53,909个电话.
- 数据来源于美国中西部上部的一个大型,多州的先进生命支持EMS机构.
- 在两个时期之间比较呼叫量,呼叫者人口统计,呼叫严重程度和呼叫类型 (过量服用,行为健康,机动车辆事故).
主要成果:
- 2020年,EMS总体呼叫量下降了28.7%.
- 观察到人口统计学略有转向老年患者和农村访客.
- 呼叫严重程度增加,运输费率更高 (95.3%对93.8%) 和死亡率 (1.9%对1.6%).
- 过量服用/中毒电话的比例上升 (4.8%至5.5%),而机动车事故电话则下降 (3.9%至3.0%).
- 这些变化在城市环境中更加明显.
结论:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,EMS的使用模式受到重大影响.
- 患者,特别是在城市地区,可能会推迟寻求紧急护理,可能会恶化结果.
- 调查结果强调需要有针对性的公共卫生战略,以解决流行病期间的医疗保健准入问题.
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