tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học: " Characterizing emergency departments to improve understanding of emergency care systems"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Characterizing emergency departments to improve understanding of emergency care systems | Steptoe et al. International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011 4 42 http content 4 1 42 o International Journal of Emergency Medicine a SpringerOpen Journal STATE OF INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICINE Open Access Characterizing emergency departments to improve understanding of emergency care systems Anne P Steptoe Blanka Corel Ashley F Sullivan and Carlos A Camargo Jr Abstract International emergency medicine aims to understand different systems of emergency care across the globe. To date however international emergency medicine lacks common descriptors that can encompass the wide variety of emergency care systems in different countries. The frequent use of general system-wide indicators . the status of emergency medicine as a medical specialty or the presence of emergency medicine training programs does not account for the diverse methods that contribute to the delivery of emergency care both within and between countries. Such indicators suggest that a uniform approach to the development and structure of emergency care is both feasible and desirable. One solution to this complex problem is to shift the focus of international studies away from system-wide characteristics of emergency care. We propose such an alternative methodology in which studies would examine emergency department-specific characteristics to inventory the various methods by which emergency care is delivered. Such characteristics include emergency department location layout time period open to patients and patient type served. There are many more ways to describe emergency departments but these characteristics are particularly suited to describe with common terms a wide range of sites. When combined these four characteristics give a concise but detailed picture of how emergency care is delivered at a specific emergency department. This approach embraces the diversity of emergency care as well as the variety of individual emergency departments that deliver it while still allowing .