Aim: The analysis of the cases of cooling the burns by NFRS firefighters. Material and methods: The data of Decision Support System of State Fire Brigade made accessible by the State Fire Bureau of the Operation Planning was analyzed concerning cooling the burns among the children between 1.01.2019-31.12.2020. 49 incidents were analyzed in terms of the mechanism, localiza¬tion, depth, extend of the burns, season of the year and day. Results: Burns were cooled in 1211 out of 126241 casualties, including 1023 of 7616 in fires and 188 of 118625 in local threats. Burn were cooled in 49 children out of 1211 casualties- 23 in local threats and 26 in fires. Cooling burns more often concerned in thermal (45), contact burns (27), I/II (48), up to 10% TBSA (32), in boys (25), 14-17 years (18), in October (9), from 1-11 p.m. (27) and in IV quarter of the year (19). Conclusions: 1. Among the injured the minor ones with the burns are not often cases. 2. Cooling the burns is more often associated with those ones injured in the fires and in boys. 3. Among the injured up to 17 years cooling the burns is more often seen during afternoon and autumn-winter season. 4. The fire¬fighters more often cool thermal, contact, superficial ones of minor burns and concerning different parts of the body within the upper its parts.
Introduction. Functioning of the medical rescue team one year before the pandemic was compared to the two years of the pandemic outbreak in relation to specific intervention groups. Our observation focused on patients with oncological diseases.Material and methods. The analysis was carried out in a county (powiat) in the Lubelskie Voivodeship (Province).The study included a 3-year retrospective analysis from March 2019 to the end of February 2022. The material consisted of departure order flow sheets and ambulance flow sheet records.Results. In the 3-year period, 560 events met the criteria for inclusion in the analysis: 195 (period I), 165 (period II), and 200 (period III). By eliminating interventions that were repeated calls to the same patient, the population under study consisted of 510 people: 215 men and 295 women.Conclusions. The COVID-19 pandemic did not have a significant impact on the number of MRT interventions among cancer patients, nor on the mean intervention time in patients diagnosed with ICD-10 CXX and DXX.EMSs participate in oncological calls only for symptomatic treatment (pain, dyspnea, diarrhea) and cannot stop or cure initial medical conditions.
Aim: This article presents an original analysis of inhalation poisoning data using the example of the Łuków County in 2015-2017. The data was obtained from cases to which Emergency Medical Services were dispatched. Most of such exposures were accidental or caused by negligence. and could be avoided by applying appropriate prevention and safety rules. Introduction: Inhalation poisonings represent a small percentage of all poisonings. They are mainly associated with the heating season and carbon monoxide. The number of inhalation poisonings is much smaller than that of food poisonings, alcohol poisonings or drug overdoses but they also constitute a significant health risk for the public. Methodology: The study was based on an analysis of medical documentation of the emergency medical services station in Łuków. The research material was composed of the information contained in the dispatch documentation of EMS teams, i.e. ambulance call records and medical rescue records for events related to inhalation poisoning. The selection of events from all those that occurred during the audited period was made on the basis of:-information provided by the reporting person to the emergency number 999 or 112,-ICD-10 code in the medical emergency record, i.e. diagnosis of the cause of the illness or event. The analysed factors included age, sex, place of intoxication, seasonality and circadian variation of poisoning. The analysis also considered environmental conditions and the influence of stimulants. Results: In the analysed period there were 80 events related to inhalation poisoning. There were 89 people exposed in 80 events (65%-men, 35%-women). Over 90% were cases of accidental poisoning. 60% of the events occurred at 7 am-7 pm and 40% of the events occurred at 7 pm-7 am. Of all exposures, 90% were single poisonings and the remaining 10% were multiple. Most poisonings (78%) occurred at the place of residence. Among all the victims, 56% were hospitalized in the county hospital in Łuków, 38% of patients remained at home (including due to death-20% or lack of symptoms requiring hospital treatment-18%), and almost 6% required immediate specialist treatment. Most incidents related to inhalation poisoning in the Łuków County occurred in rural areas-56 out of 80. Most inhalation poisonings were caused by CO.
Name of the department and institution in which the work was done:ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The State Fire Service (SFS) medical activities are conducted at the level of qualified first aid (QFA). This is a lower standard than emergency medical services (EMS) implemented by The Polish EMS, however, the number of QFA procedures available to firefighters allows them to conduct effective medical operations in both life-threatening and traumatic and non-traumatic life.The aim of the study is a comparative analysis of QFA procedures for injured trauma. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Medical activities of the SFS in Lublin were analysed, from which events and procedures regarding injuries to injured persons and rescuers themselves during activities over a three-year period (i.e. in the years 2016-2018) were separated. In order to analyse the collected results, medical procedures concerning only injuries were identified, which are the most numerous group of procedures. For the purposes of analysis, the procedure was divided into two groups: (1) injuries -burns; (2) injuries. RESULTS:In 2016, n = 133 trauma procedures were implemented among all medical activities. In 2017, n = 330 trauma procedures were implemented among all medical activities, while in 2018 n = 245 trauma procedures were implemented. In 2016, burns affected people with an average age of 56 ± 14 years, in 2017 -51 ± 21 years, and in 2018 -49 ± 19 years. The average for a total of three years of people with burns was 39 ± 19 years. CONCLUSIONS:1. Traffic events (accidents, collisions, deductions) constitute the largest number of local threats. 2. QFA procedures well suited to current threats, officers of SFS Lublin in the examined period used 20 out of 22 QFA procedures, including most of the procedures regarding injuries.
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