Research on the application of the improved emergency care system in clinical medical aid of casualties occurred during hurricane disasters

Abstract

Objective To investigate the efficiency of the improved emergency care system in urgent medical aid of casualties occurred during hurricane disasters. Methods Four hundred patients who received urgent medical care during hurricane disasters were used as our research subjects, and they were randomly divided into the control and experimental groups. Retrospective survey and analysis were made on the general conditions of the casualties at the time of the hurricane disaster relief, urgent medical response time, the surviving conditions of the casualties and satisfaction to the application of the improved emergency care system. Results Significant differences could be noted in the clinical effects of urgent medical care during hurricane disaster relief, when comparisons were made with or without the application of the improved emergency care system. Urgent medical response time of the control group was 17 to 75 minutes, averaging (37.3 ± 13.13) minutes, while that of the experimental group was 6 to 49 minutes, averaging (19.8±6.9) minutes. Significant statistics could be found, when comparisons were made between them(P<0.05). The mortality rate of the experimental group was 1.5%, which was significantly lower than 5.0% of the control group(P<0.05). The satisfaction rate on the part of the patients in the experimental group was 95.5%, which was significantly higher than 83.5% of the control group(P<0.05). Conclusions The improved emergency care system could significantly improve clinical emergency preparedness, pre-disaster prevention, disaster relief, as well as disaster predication. The improved system could enable medical facilities to provide in-time, accurate and effective medical care to the victims during hurricane disasters, and was obviously beneficial to the medical aid and recovery of casualties. Key words: Hurricane disaster; Emergency medical care system; Clinical medical aid; Island