Hospital and emergency ambulance link: using IT to enhance emergency pre-hospital care

International Journal of Medical Informatics
V Anantharaman, L Swee Han

Abstract

Emergency ambulances traditionally inform receiving hospitals of impending arrival of patients only in instances of load and go situations, which on average constitute less than 5% of ambulance runs. Information transmitted is usually sparse. For all other runs, information is made available only on arrival at the emergency department (ED). There have also been numerous limitations associated with voice transmissions.A comprehensive electronic ambulance case record was created as a pilot project in Singapore between three emergency ambulances and the busiest ED there. All information captured by the ambulance crew, including vital signs information and ECGs was entered or downloaded onto a ruggardised PC in the ambulance and this complete ambulance record was transmitted to the ED. Transmission was wireless via the public mobile data network. A 3-month analysis of this pilot run revealed the following. (1) It was possible to capture a complete ambulance case record electronically at a mean time of 94 s vs 7 min 7 s for the traditional written record. (2) Air transmission time for data was approximately 4 s unless ECG wave forms were also transmitted resulting in transmission times frequently exceeding 60 s. (3) At least 68% of ...Continue Reading

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