| STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF 14,836 PATIENTS VISITED EMERGENCY ROOM |
| Soo Hyeong Cho1, Nam Soo Cho1, Gyung Joon Lim2 |
1Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea
2Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea |
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Published online: March 31, 1996. |
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| ABSTRACT |
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Cases of 14,836 patients who visited the emergency room at the Chosun University Hospital from January 1 to December 31, 1994 were analyzed statistically according to sex, age, department, admission, discharge and used transportations.
The results were as follows :
1) Considering sexual distribution, male patients were 52.3% and female patients were 47.7%.
2) According to age categories, 4th decade of life was most frequent.
3) According to the department distribution, internal medicine accounted for 22.7%, orthopedic surgery 15.4%, neurosurgery 12.4% and pediatrics 11.7%.
4) The rate of patients admitted via emergency room was 38.0% of total number of patients visited emergency room. The department distribution was as follows : internal medicine 24.1%, neurosurgery 13.7%, orthopedic surgery 12.1%, general surgery 10.5%.
5) 62.0% of patients visited emergency room were discharged. The department distribution was as follows : internal medicine 21.9%, orthopedic surgery 17.5%, pediatrics 13.3%.
6) The number of DOA patients was 212(14.3%) and it showed highest rate in December.
7) A car and taxi were the most frequently used transportation(70 %) but the used rate of hospital, 119 and 129 ambulance tended to increase.
8) Emergency room was visited most frequently from 20 to 24 hours.
9) Consumed time from arrival to emergency care of the relevant department was within one hour(67%).
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| Key words:
Emergency room, Statistically analyzed |
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