The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pre-hospital emergency medical services: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on pre-hospital services

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dc.authorid0000-0003-3105-7993en_US
dc.authorid0000-0002-1299-7421en_US
dc.authorid0000-0003-2082-6478en_US
dc.contributor.authorÇavuş, Kadir
dc.contributor.authorAkbulut, Meryem
dc.contributor.authorKaya, Afşin Ahmet
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-26T10:13:15Z
dc.date.available2024-11-26T10:13:15Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentAÇÜ, Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Acil Yardım ve Afet Yönetimi Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease outbreak started in China and went on to affect the entire world. Healthcare providers were among the communities that faced severe challenges during the pandemic, and this was especially true of Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services (PHEMS) providers. Objectives: This study aims to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on service requests submitted to PHEMS providers via calls made to emergency hotlines. Methods: Data were obtained on calls made to 112 (the emergency hotline) during March - August 2020 (i.e., during the pandemic) and the same period the previous year (i.e., the pre-pandemic period). These 2 data sets were analyzed and compared using the SPSS 26 software package (IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, USA). Results: The results of the analysis indicated that the total number of emergency calls received during the pandemic period (11 745) increased compared to the pre-pandemic period (10 747), whereas there was a decrease in the proportion of trauma-related emergency calls during the pandemic period (5.3%) compared to the pre-pandemic period (6.8%). Furthermore, there was a higher proportion of extended service times among ambulances serving in PHEMS during the pandemic period (ambulance movements longer than 90 seconds: 15.6%) compared to the pre-pandemic period (ambulance movements longer than 90 seconds: 8.6%). Non-emergency ambulance usage rate was 44.90% in the pre-pandemic period and 38.90% in the pandemic period. Conclusions: As the study's results show that there was an increase in the number of calls to PHEMS during the pandemic period, especially given that a significant portion of these calls consisted of non-emergency calls, it is recommended that measures be taken to reduce the excessive load on PHEMS during a pandemic.
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/dmp.2024.23
dc.identifier.issn1935-7893
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.23
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11494/5022
dc.identifier.volume18en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofDisaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessen_US
dc.subjectAmbulance;en_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectEmergency Hotlineen_US
dc.subjectPandemicen_US
dc.subjectPre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services (PHEMS)en_US
dc.titleThe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pre-hospital emergency medical services: The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on pre-hospital servicesen_US
dc.typeArticle

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