Trauma: Many accidents cause injuries: fractures, dislocations, sprains, wounds, burns, drowning. Toxicology: many situations resulting from accidental or intentional poisoning (suicide attempt, murder, drug use): food poisoning by gas emanation, drug by drug, alcohol, poisoning (duodenal switch surgery in Mexico). The establishment of a social emergency is also an attempt to answer.
For hospital emergency, a key component is to summon the services of prehospital medicine (usually an ambulance may be land, air or naval) for help by calling the appropriate phone number for emergencies. For EU member states and 112 different numbers in other countries such as the popular 911 in Americas. Emergency operators generally operate through a protocol of questions to determine if you can perform an outpatient treatment or assess the need to send a particular medical resource your help. Not the same a clinic than a hospital, many people confuse it
Disaster Medicine is a branch of medicine for accidents or disasters involving mass casualties: train crash, earthquake, bomb ... The disaster is defined as inadequate relief needs and the resources available (outdated means). It requires organization and a "doctrine" different from the usual emergency medicine.
In Spain main organization is the SEMES (Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine). In Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the SVMED (Venezuelan Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine) is the organization that brings together medical specialists and certifies attendees prehospital emergency, Emergency Prehospital TM, There is also the career Senior Technicians university (TSU) in Prehospital Emergency (EPh).
Within a hospital staff is generally adequate to meet this average emergency. The accident and emergency physicians are trained to handle most emergency and maintain certifications in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and ALS (Advanced Life Support). In disasters most hospitals have protocols to quickly summon the staff and the service is not.
This type of behavior undermines the effectiveness of system, the "real" emergencies may be supported with delay because of size of system, personal and fatigue generated by this workload is detrimental to quality of care. Note that this behavior is also a miscalculation for the patient, because it might be better to sit at home (until the arrival of doctor on call or opening a private practice the next day) rather to wait for emergencies, with the inconvenience and risk of catching diseases others.
However, do not overlook the importance of medical advice in certain situations (see above). Moreover, the poor cannefit of universal health coverage (CMU) which allows them to have free care without advance payment, including in private practices. If situations are still variables from one department to another, the current trend is that any call outside working hours and days 15 through the center, including for the doctor on duty, or when the seeks an ambulance. Some standards associations constantly care (SOS Doctors) are entitled to receive calls directly, subject to an interconnection with the center 15 (direct telephone line).
In Chile, Urgency and Medicine formal tour starts with the first specialty program in early 90s, at the University of Chile. Currently and legally recognized as a specialty, there have been multiple residency programs, especially the University of Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and San Sebastian University. They invite you to review, comment on and discuss urgent issues sidewalk, And for all your medical unfold task in this busy chaos.
For hospital emergency, a key component is to summon the services of prehospital medicine (usually an ambulance may be land, air or naval) for help by calling the appropriate phone number for emergencies. For EU member states and 112 different numbers in other countries such as the popular 911 in Americas. Emergency operators generally operate through a protocol of questions to determine if you can perform an outpatient treatment or assess the need to send a particular medical resource your help. Not the same a clinic than a hospital, many people confuse it
Disaster Medicine is a branch of medicine for accidents or disasters involving mass casualties: train crash, earthquake, bomb ... The disaster is defined as inadequate relief needs and the resources available (outdated means). It requires organization and a "doctrine" different from the usual emergency medicine.
In Spain main organization is the SEMES (Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine). In Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the SVMED (Venezuelan Society of Emergency and Disaster Medicine) is the organization that brings together medical specialists and certifies attendees prehospital emergency, Emergency Prehospital TM, There is also the career Senior Technicians university (TSU) in Prehospital Emergency (EPh).
Within a hospital staff is generally adequate to meet this average emergency. The accident and emergency physicians are trained to handle most emergency and maintain certifications in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and ALS (Advanced Life Support). In disasters most hospitals have protocols to quickly summon the staff and the service is not.
This type of behavior undermines the effectiveness of system, the "real" emergencies may be supported with delay because of size of system, personal and fatigue generated by this workload is detrimental to quality of care. Note that this behavior is also a miscalculation for the patient, because it might be better to sit at home (until the arrival of doctor on call or opening a private practice the next day) rather to wait for emergencies, with the inconvenience and risk of catching diseases others.
However, do not overlook the importance of medical advice in certain situations (see above). Moreover, the poor cannefit of universal health coverage (CMU) which allows them to have free care without advance payment, including in private practices. If situations are still variables from one department to another, the current trend is that any call outside working hours and days 15 through the center, including for the doctor on duty, or when the seeks an ambulance. Some standards associations constantly care (SOS Doctors) are entitled to receive calls directly, subject to an interconnection with the center 15 (direct telephone line).
In Chile, Urgency and Medicine formal tour starts with the first specialty program in early 90s, at the University of Chile. Currently and legally recognized as a specialty, there have been multiple residency programs, especially the University of Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and San Sebastian University. They invite you to review, comment on and discuss urgent issues sidewalk, And for all your medical unfold task in this busy chaos.
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