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The assessment of clinical equipment of Emergency Medical Services in Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences in 2016
Seddigheh Abbaspour * , Mohammad Reza Sabbaghi , Maryam Tatari
medical university
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Background and Objectives: Many deaths and long-time disabilities can be prevented through emergency cares. To continue surviving the injured, having specialized equipment and utilities and the role of human components are of prominent importance to present proper services. This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical equipment of emergency stations of 115 Torbat-e-Haydiriyeh University of Medical Sciences in 2016.
Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study that after approving and obtaining the code of the Ethics from Research Committee of the University, all 12 emergency care units115 covered by the Torbat-e-Haydiriyah University of Medical Sciences were studied.
Results: According to the results obtained from reviewing the standard checklist of urban and road Emergency Care Units of Torbat-e-Haydiriyah and considering 10 variables for clinical equipment, 54.89% of the standards were observed. The max and min level of standard is related to the drug by 89.9 %and dressing Box by 8.04% respectively.
Conclusion: At present, the status of Emergency care units by considering the standards of the Ministry of Health is fairly good. The shortage of emergency facilities at Emergency Care Units will reduce the efficiency of pre-hospital emergency medical services. It is crucial to pay enough attention to meet the standards, to remove the shortcomings of GPS system, electroconvulsive therapy apparatus, and triage kit list.

Keywords: Assessment, clinical equipment, emergency medical services, emergency medical technician, standard
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2017/08/8 | Revised: 2018/07/1 | Accepted: 2018/05/7 | Published: 2018/05/7


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