Suspected Miscarriage in the Experience of Emergency Medical Services Teams—Preliminary Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15501379 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ewa Rzońca (0000-0002-6534-1100, Medical University of Warsaw, corresponding author), Agnieszka Bień (0000-0002-5268-6900, Medical University of Lublin), Grażyna Bączek (0000-0001-7897-9499, Medical University of Warsaw), Patryk Rzońca (0000-0001-7008-1721, Medical University of Warsaw), M Filip (0000-0002-6716-6529, Medical University of Lublin), Robert Gałązkowski (0000-0002-7205-2219, Medical University of Warsaw) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 23 |
| Pages | 12305-12305 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph182312305 |
| PMID | 34886025 |
| OpenAlex | W3216511128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
Vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain are symptoms indicative of a threat to pregnancy that prompt women to seek assistance from health care professionals. The purpose of the study was to present the characteristics of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team interventions in cases of suspected miscarriage. The study involved a retrospective analysis of EMS team interventions in cases of suspected miscarriage carried out between January 2018 and December 2019 in Poland. Data obtained from Poland's National Monitoring Center of Emergency Medical Services included emergency medical procedure records and EMS team dispatch records in electronic format. The mean patient age was 30.53 years. Most were primiparous (48.90%) and up to the 13th gestational week (76.65%). The most commonly reported symptom was vaginal bleeding (80.71%). EMS teams were most commonly dispatched in the winter (27.03%), between 7 A.M. and 6:59 P.M. (51.87%), in urban areas (69.23%), with urgency code 2 (55.60%), and in most cases, they transferred the patient to a hospital (97.53%). The present study addresses very important issues concerning the characteristics of Polish suspected miscarriage cases handled by different EMS team types, in different locations (urban vs. rural areas), and concerning patients in a different obstetric situation (gestational week, gravidity, parity). Our findings suggest a need for further studies in this field and for gestational health promotion activities to be implemented, specifically including actions to reduce the risk of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy
Abdominal pain · Medical emergency · Medical record · Miscarriage · Obstetrics · Pregnancy · Psychological intervention · Vaginal bleeding · Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management · Maternal and fetal healthcare · Medicine · Nursing · Pregnancy-related medical research · Emergency Medicine · Surgery
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |