Analysis of pre-hospital emergency resources allocation in Liaoning province

Abstract

Objective To learn the present pre-hospital emergency resources allocation in Liaoning province. Methods Site survey and questionnaire survey were used to survey the basic information, number of pre-hospital emergency ambulances, human resources, and communication/control systems of 19 pre-hospital emergency centers in Liaoning province in 2014. Results The number of pre-hospital emergency sub-stations, ambulances and human resource fall short of demand.Furthermore, these resources are found with such problems as greater service radius of average pre-hospital emergency service and longer average pre-hospital response time in countryside than cities, insufficient and obsolete ambulances short of onboard equipment and communication systems, not to mention shortage of medical workers of higher degrees and academic titles. Conclusions A great gap is found between urban and rural pre-hospital emergency resource allocation in Liaoning province, with poor resources in the countryside.The government is recommended to step up financial support in increasing pre-hospital emergency substations and resources allocation, regularly update pre-hospital emergency vehicles, set up independent title promotion mechanism, perfect communication scheduling system, in order to satisfy the demands of pre-hospital first aid. Key words: Liaoning province; Pre-hospital emergency; Resources allocation; Aid effectiveness