Why do infants need out-of-hospital emergency medical services? A retrospective, population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The challenges encountered in emergency medical services (EMS) contacts with children are likely most pronounced in infants, but little is known about their out-of-hospital care. Our primary aim was to describe the characteristics of EMS contacts with infants. The secondary aims were to examine the symptom-based dispatch system for nonverbal infants, and to observe the association of unfavorable patient outcomes with patient and EMS mission characteristics.

Methods

In a population-based 5-year retrospective cohort of all 1712 EMS responses for infants (age < 1 year) in Helsinki, Finland (population 643,000, < 1-year old population 6548), we studied 1) the characteristics of EMS missions with infants; 2) mortality within 12 months; 3) pediatric intensive care unit

SUBMITTER: Oulasvirta J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7789394 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature