儿科患者滥用药物:在医院前的实地接触
A Kyle Cecil1, Julianne M Cyr2, Hussein Ahmad3
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Duke University.
North Carolina medical journal
|November 4, 2024
概括
医院前紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 应对了儿童滥用药物,包括酒精,大麻和处方药. 了解患者的人口统计和药物类型可以提高儿童医疗的准备能力,以帮助EMS提供者.
科学领域:
- 儿科急救医学 儿科急救医学
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 有限的数据存在于医院前儿科药物滥用.
- 这项研究通过描述在北卡罗来纳州接受紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 护理的儿科患者的物质滥用来弥补这一差距.
研究的目的:
- 描述北卡罗来纳州儿科患者中滥用药物的情况,需要紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 的干预.
- 为了识别涉及的常见物质,患者人口统计和围绕儿科物质滥用事件的情况.
主要方法:
- 使用全州EMS遭遇数据库进行回顾性横截面研究.
- 包括因已确认或怀疑滥用各种物质而接受治疗的16岁以下的患者.
- 分析了患者人口统计,位置,药物类型和使用动机的数据.
主要成果:
- 在45,855次EMS接触中,448名儿科患者被发现滥用药物.
- 大多数受影响的患者是女性,白人,青少年,居住在农村或郊区.
- 常见的物质包括酒精,大麻,二类药物和抗抑郁药,娱乐用途和自我伤害是青少年的主要动机.
结论:
- 紧急医疗服务 (EMS) 遇到各种各样的儿科物质滥用,包括处方药,酒精,大麻和非法药物.
- 在较小的儿童中注意到意外摄入,而青少年主要从事娱乐性使用或自我伤害.
- 提高对儿科患者特征和物质使用模式的认识,可以提高医院前临床医生的准备.
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