Emergency medical advice with the use of health aviation and ground transportation

Abstract

Relevance: In conditions of living in hard-to-reach areas and with diseases requiring urgent medical and medical assistance, the urgency of organizing emergency medical care units is increasing. The analysis of the activities of specialists is necessary for planning their rational workload and calculating the need for specialists. The aim of the study. To study the activities of the specialists of the sanatorium brigade in the Vologda region to make organizational decisions on the staffing schedule. Material and methods: the data of medical documentation on the frequency of medical care to the population of the Vologda region with the involvement of various specialists of the health aviation brigade for the period from 2012 to 2017. The results and their discussion: the analysis of the number of appeals to the department of emergency medical advisory services in sanatorium showed that in the last six years the number of applications increased by 23.8 %. The number of calls made with the help of health aviation was also unstable, by the end of the analyzed period it increased by 39.5 %. Conclusions: Provision of medical assistance using land transport decreased by 1.4 times, health aviation - increased by 2.4 times.