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72. The “EMS Miss”-Frequency and Reasons Underlying Seriously Ill Patients Lack of Utilization of the EMS System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Timothy W. Jahn ,
John F. Brown ,
Steven W. Miller  and
Peggy McNulty
Timothy W. Jahn
Affiliation:
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
John F. Brown
Affiliation:
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
Steven W. Miller
Affiliation:
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
Peggy McNulty
Affiliation:
Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA
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Purpose: To determine the reasons why patients with potentially serious complaints present to the Emergency Department by a non-EMS mode of transportation.

Methods: Prospective patient survey distributed during a one-month period to patients presenting to a military emergency department. Surveys were entered into a data base program and descriptive, parametric and non-parametric statistical tests utilized to examine characteristics of the two groups.

Results: The only significant difference between the ambulance and non-ambulance groups of the 158 participants was patient sex.

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Poster Presentations
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 11 , supplement S2: Abstracts of Scientific Papers. The Twelth Annual Conference and Scientific Assembly of the National Association of EMS Physicians, 13-15 July 1996, Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego, California, USA , September 1996 , pp. S46
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Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1996