Characteristics of ambulance intervention for female patients in perinatal period

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In pre-hospital conditions, the diagnosis of patients in the perinatal period is very limited. Emergency ambulance calls to pregnant women should only apply to emergency situations related to the risk of maternal and / or foetal life. The aim of the work is to draw a patient's profile in the perinatal period, to which the intervention team undertakes medical emergency. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study group consisted of 119 calls in 2018 selected from 12854 ambulance interventions in the operational area of central Poland. Data was obtained from medical records. The analysis was carried out using the Statisticaver program. 13.1. The threshold of α=0.05 was considered as the level of significance, however, significant results at the level of 0.05 < p < 0.10 were considered significant at the level of statistical tendency. RESULTS: The median age in the group was 27 years (SD±8 years). The vast majority of cases (67.23%) were women without labor. The delivery was diagnosed in 27.73% of patients. The average pregnancy time was 27.5 weeks (SD±22). Most often, patients were intervened in the place of residence (84.87%), and the least frequently at work (2.52%). The increase in the number of calls was recorded in November and December. The most common reasons for the calls were childbirth and abdominal pain. The burden of medical history was found in 16 patients. Life parameters including the state of consciousness, respiratory and circulatory system were in the majority in the norm. CONCLUSIONS: Emergency ambulance interventions for pregnant women are a low percentage of all calls and usually involve pain and bleeding from the genital tract. In most cases, the examined patients are in the third trimester of pregnancy, and their condition can be described as stable. Calls are usually made in the winter season, and the place of the event is the patient's own home. Further research, directed at the educational needs of pregnant women, is recommended.

Keywords

• childbirth
• pregnancy
• perinatal period
• ambulanse
• emergency medical service