Data processing in prehospital emergency medicine.

Int J Clin Monit Comput

Dept. of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Federal Armed Forces Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.

Published: February 1995

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Information about the use of data processing systems in prehospital emergency medicine were collected, using a questionnaire sent to all German rescue helicopter bases. Twenty-seven of the 42 German rescue helicopter bases returned the questionnaire. At present, only 15 of them take advantage of electronic data processing. All of them enter their data manually by keyboard, automatic data transfer by means of a bar code reader is available at one base only. The stored data are used for statistical analysis (n = 15), quality assessment (n = 10), administration (n = 10), research (n = 9) and education (n = 7). Based on the data of this survey, one fifth of those who replied use their computer only for administrative purposes, the other also manage patient and mission data with their computer systems. Today, documentation of a rescue mission consists of patient data, vital data, mission data and information about the procedures carried out. The use of a computer system, however, requires more time and work than a handwritten record, when most of the data have to be entered manually using a keyboard. Future developments may include automated data transfer and digitization of handwritten documents to decrease the workload of the staff. For the automation of data transfer, configuration and synchronisation a standardized interface in all medical devices is required. There is a clear need for the use of data processing systems in emergency medicine.

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