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Volume 2025, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 1999-7086
  • EISSN: 1999-7094

Abstract

The aim of this study was to present the rationale behind field interventions aimed at enhancing the functioning of emergency medicine services by analyzing field visits conducted by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) teams of Health Center Barajevo (HCB), Belgrade, Serbia. It also aims to assess the adequacy of current telephone triage in determining the need for field interventions. Other objectives include identifying the most common diagnoses and the most commonly prescribed drugs in order to aid in disease prevention and improve the overall healthcare system. Together, these aims also serve an important educational purpose.

For the purposes of this study, patient field protocols for 2023 were used, which include data about the patients, mainly their medical history, diagnoses, and therapy administered during the visit. Data on interventions by EMS teams from January 1, 2023 at 00:00:00 hours to December 31, 2023 at 23:59:59 hours were used. Patients were divided into eight age groups. Statistical data were analyzed using SPSS v. 21.

EMS HCB made 3,345 field interventions in 2023. The total number of patients consisted of 1,501 males (44.9%) and 1,803 females (53.9%). The patients’ mean age was 67.54 years, with a median age of 72 years. The age range was 0–98 years. The total number of diagnoses was 5,776, with an average of 1.7 diagnoses per patient.

The results of our research partially align with those of other studies available in the literature. The most common individual reason for the intervention by EMS HCB teams was arterial hypertension (I10).

© 2025 Lazarevic, Obradovic, Vukicevic, Nesovic, Djordjevic, licensee HBKU Press.
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Analysis of field interventions by Emergency Medical Service in Barajevo in 2023
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Keyword(s): emergency service, field interventions and ICD-10

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