TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Epidemiology of prehospital emergency medical service use in Korean children
JO  - Clinical and experimental emergency medicine
A1  - Lee, Se Uk
A1  - Suh, Dongbum
A1  - Kim, Hahn Bom
A1  - Jung, Jin Hee
A1  - Hong, Ki Jeong
A1  - Lee, Jin Hee
A1  - Jang, Hye Young
A1  - Noh, Hyun
A1  - Jung, Jae Yun
A1  - Kim, Do Kyun
A1  - Kwak, Young Ho
SP  - 102
EP  - 108
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to elucidate the epidemiology of pediatric patients transported by the National 119 Rescue Services in Korea. <br><br>METHODS: We enrolled all pediatric patients (<16 years old) who used the National 119 Rescue Services in Korea between January 2006 and December 2008, and analyzed the 119 ambulance patient care record databases. <br><br>RESULTS: The total number of the cases was 238,644 for 3 years. The median age was 6 years old and 59.0% were male, and the 2- to 5-year-old group was the largest (31.0%). The peak transport times were in the afternoon (from 12:00 p.m. to 17:59 p.m., 36.3%), on Saturday and Sunday (15.9% and 15.7%), and in summer (June to August, 27.3%). The ratio of disease versus injury as the cause of the transports was 42.3% vs. 57.7%. Among the 16 metropolitan cities and provinces, Gyeonggi (25.7%), Seoul (17.6%), and Incheon (7.0%) account for almost half of the all transported children. Regarding the annual transport rates per 100,000 children standardized by age, and gender to the Korean child population, Jeju was the largest (1,650.2) followed by Gangwon (1,201.3), and Jeonnam (1,178.1). <br><br>CONCLUSION: This report presents comprehensive epidemiologic data of pediatric patients transported by 119 rescue services in Korea.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2383-4625
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15441/ceem.14.024
ID  - ref1
ER  -