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Title: Identifying the Main Burden on the Emergency Services
Authors: Nasim Ilyas, Mubin Mustafa, Saleem Murtaza
Journal: Journal Riphah College of Rehabilitation Sciences
Publisher: Riphah International University, Islamabad
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2013
Volume: 1
Issue: 1
Language: en
Background: Emergency services are vital part of health care system. The study was based on emergency services of Civil Hospital of Tehsil Hassan Abdal, providing health care facilities to both rural and urban areas of the Tehsil. It spreads over an area of 350 square kilometers with a population of 135,856.
Objective: Systematic analysis of the emergency department, Civil Hospital, Tehsil Hassan Abdal, District Attock, Punjab, Pakistan.
Methodology: Emergency records of year 2010 and 2011 were obtained from the emergency resisters and were assessed and analyzed.
Results: In the selected Emergency record of year 2010, highest cases of road traffic accidents were reported.
Conclusion: The assessment and analysis of emergency record, shows the burden on emergency department. The major contributors of the burden were reducible leading to better emergency services.
Keywords: Road Traffic Accidents (RTA), Fractures, Burns, Emergency.
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