A Statewide Study of the Epidemiology of Emergency Medical Services' Management of Pediatric Asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Little is known about emergency medical services' (EMS') management of pediatric asthma. This study's objective was to describe the demographic, clinical, and geographic characteristics of current EMS' management of pediatric asthma in the state with the fourth-largest pediatric population.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study of EMS patients ages 2 to 18 years with an asthma exacerbation from 2011 to 2016. Patients from Florida's EMS Tracking and Reporting System were included if their EMS chief complaint indicated respiratory distress, if they received at least 1 albuterol treatment, and if they were transported to a hospital.

Results

A total of 11,226 patients met the inclusion criteria. The median age was 9 years, and 49% were African-Am

SUBMITTER: Fishe JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693989 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature