• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2008

When man first walked on this planet, injury must have been a close encounter of the first kind. The outbreak of World War I, during a period of rapid scientific growth in the basic sciences, demonstrated the need to develop better methods of care for the wounded, methods that were later applicable to the civilian population. Trauma is a multisystem disease and, as such, benefits from almost any advance in medical science. As we learn more about the physiology and the biochemistry of various organ systems, we can provide better management for trauma victims. Improved imaging techniques, better appreciation of physiologic tolerance, and increased understanding of the side effects of specific surgical procedures have combined to reduce operative intervention as a component of trauma patient care. On the other hand, because of this rapid development of medical science, only a few doctors still have the ability to treat multisystem injuries because almost doctor has his or her specialty, which means a doctor tends to see only patients with diagnoses in the doctor's specialty. Trauma Surgeons are physicians who have completed the typical general surgery residency and who usually continue with a one to two year fellowship leading to additional board certification in Surgical Critical Care. It is important to note that trauma surgeons do not need to do all kinds of operations, such as neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery. Trauma surgeons are not only a surgeon but also general medical practitioners who are very good at critical care and coordination of patient. In order to achieve the best patient outcomes, trauma surgeons should be involved in prehospital Emergency Medical Services, the Trauma Resuscitation Room, the Operating Room, the Surgical Intensive Care and Trauma Unit, the Trauma Ward, the Rehabilitation Department, and the Trauma Outpatient Clinic. In conclusion, according to worldwide experience and research, the trauma surgeon is the key factor in the trauma care system, so the trauma surgeon should receive strong support to accomplish his or her role successfully.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.124-135
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• 2009

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the service satisfaction for families who have someone with mental illness, and are using community mental health centers in Gyeonggi Province. Methods: The participants in this study were 796 family members. Data were collected using Family satisfaction survey questionnaire developed by the author (23 items on family service and 15 items on client service). Results: The total satisfaction level for the service with family and client resulted in above average scores. Of the 23 service items, data showed the highest level of satisfaction was with professional skills and attitude, and day rehabilitation programs, and the lowest for professional activities for advocacy and social welfare benefits, emergency & crisis intervention, medical expense subsidies. Of the 15 service items, job and housing related service had the lowest level of satisfaction. Conclusion: It is recommended that psychiatric emergency & crisis intervention programs and system development be accelerated. Also, there is a need to develop medical expense subsidy programs for older family caregivers, job and housing focused rehabilitation programs and community facilities for the client, as well as more active and powerful professional advocate activities for persons who have mental disabilities and their families.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제spc호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2016

This study is to introduce a comprehensive framework of a crisis management system developed at a prominent hospital in South Korea. Throughout recent decades, especially in the recent years, the way in which to cope with both internal and external challenges has been one of the most critical issues. Since the incident management system in the U.S. is acknowledged as the most advanced crisis management model in the world, a portion of this study refers to the Hospital Incident Command System(HICS) provided by the California Emergency Medical Services Authority(EMSA). Nevertheless, the framework suggested in this article was designed based on a distinctive Korean hospital setting. The main contents of this study are as follows; categorization of each type of crisis, organization of a crisis management team in a non-crisis or crisis state, crisis assessment by life cycle stage, and establishment of crisis management protocol. Even though many types of crises are unspecified, those can be categorized into external crisis, medical crisis, and utility & activity failure. A crisis management organization should be operated and consisted differently- depending on a crisis or non-crisis situation. From a life-cycle perspective, the range by which the crisis should be managed extends from pre-stage to post-stage of the crisis. It is important to set proper scenarios and manuals by crisis type to develop a crisis management framework of high quality. With continuous efforts, hospitals can prepare for the uncertainty to better concentrate on core business operations.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2007

본 논문은 유비쿼터스 의료를 위한 의료영상의 무선전송의 개발을 목적으로 한다. 컴퓨터 시스템의 발달로 인해 의료 장비와 의료 기록 체계에 대한 많은 변화가 일어났다. 그 중 병원내의 진료 및 의무기록을 자동화하고 관리하는 HIS(Hospital Information System) 시스템과 환자에게서 촬영된 영상에 대한 관리 체계인 PACS(Picture Archiving Communication System)은 대표적인 예라할 수 있다. 이러한 자동화된 진료 시스템은 병원 내에 있지 않을 경우 이용이 곤란하며, 응급상황이나 의사 부재시에 신속한 영상 판독이 요구되는 경우 이를 즉시 수행하기는 곤란하였다. 이러한 이동에 따른 단점을 보완하기 위하여 각 의사마다 지급된 PDA를 사용하여 병원내의 영상 획득 장치로부터 생성된 환자 영상을 원격에서 CDMA 망을 사용하여 검토할 수 있는 시스템을 구현하였다. 이를 위하여 의사 및 환자의 계정 관리와 환자 영상을 영상획득 장치로부터 수신 받아 각 의사별로 할당하도록 하는 서버 시스템을 구현 하였으며, PDA를 사용하여 서버에 접속하여 환자의 영상을 검토할 수 있도록 구현하였다. 개인별로 시스템 사용에 대한 인증을 위하여 PDA에서는 데이터베이스 RDA(Remote Data Access) 방식을 사용하여 서버 데이터베이스를 엑세스하였으며, 환자 영상을 서버로부터 다운로드 하기 위하여 FTP(File Transfer Protocol)를 사용하였다. 실험 결과 한 파일의 크기가 0.37Mbyte 인 832x488*24 영상 30매를 보낸다고 가정하였을 때 약 90초 정도의 시간이 걸렸으며 이는 긴급히 또는 원격에서 영상의 수신과 검토에 문제가 없음을 나타낸다.

• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2002

1997년 1월 1일부터 2001년 12월 31일까지 5년간 울릉군 보건의료원 응급실을 내원하여 헬리콥터를 이용하여 육지병원으로 후송된 환자를 조사하였다. 헬리콥터가 운행된 회수는 5년간 88회, 후송된 환자들은 110명으로 113건이었다. 헬리콥터의 연도별 운행 회수는 1997년은 13회(14.8%), 1998년에는 17회(19.3%), 1999년에는 18회(20.5%), 2000년에는 17회(19.3%), 2001년에는 23회(26.1%) 운행하여 연도에 따라 헬리콥터 운행 회수가 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 헬리콥터 종류는 해양경찰 헬리콥터가 46회(52.3%), 119 소방 헬리콥터가 19회(21.6%), 해군 헬리콥터는 14회(15.9%), 민간 헬리콥터가 7회(8.0%) 운행하였다. 후송 시간대는 오전 6시부터 오후 6시 이전까지 79회(89.8%)가 후송되었다. 후송 환자의 계절별 분포는 가을에 25회(28.5%), 봄에 23회(26.2%) 운행하였다. 최종 후송 지역은 경상북도 포항시 47건(43.1%), 강원도 강릉시 34건(31.2%), 대구광역시 16건(14.7%) 서울 10건(8.8%) 등의 순이었다. 후송 환자의 성별 분포는 남자가 71건(65.1%), 여자가 38건(34.9%)으로 남자가 많았다. 연령별 분포는 60세 이상이 31건(28.4%), 30대가 20건(18.3%), 40대가 16건(14.7%) 등의 순이었다. 진료과별 분포는 신경외과 42건(37.1%), 내과 21건(18.6%), 일반외과와 정형외과가 각각 13건(11.5%) 등의 순이었다. 질병별 분포는 뇌졸중이 27건(23.9%)으로 가장 많았으며, 골절이 13건(11.5%), 두부손상 11건(9.7%), 임신과 관련된 출혈 및 통증 10건(8.8%), 복막염 8건(7.1%) 등의 순이었다. 한국표준질병사인분류(3-KSCD)에 의한 분포는 순환기계의 질환(IX)이34건(30.1%), 손상, 중독및기타(XIX)가34건(30.1%), 소화기계질환(XI)이 23건(20.4%) 등의순이었다. 울릉도를 비롯한 도서지역의 응급환자 후송에는 헬리콥터의 이용이 필수적이다. 보다 효율적인 응급환자 후송을 위해서는 헬리콥터의 야간 운행, 헬리콥터 내의 환자감시장치 등의 의료장비의 확보, 공식적인 응급후송용 헬리콥터의 확보 및 이를 위한 법 제정 등이 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 2017

Background: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been successfully used as a method for the interhospital transportation of critically ill patients. In South Korea, a well-established ECMO interhospital transport system is lacking due to limited resources. We developed a simplified ECMO transport system without mechanical ventilation for use by public emergency medical services. Methods: Eighteen patients utilized our ECMO transport system from December 2011 to September 2015. We retrospectively analyzed the indications for ECMO, the patient status during transport, and the patient outcomes. Results: All transport was conducted on the ground by ambulance. The distances covered ranged from 26 to 408 km (mean, $65.9{\pm}88.1km$) and the average transport time was $56.1{\pm}57.3minutes$ (range, 30 to 280 minutes). All patients were transported without adverse events. After transport, 4 patients (22.2%) underwent lung transplantation because of interstitial lung disease. Eight patients who had severe acute respiratory distress syndrome showed recovery of heart and lung function after ECMO therapy. A total of 13 patients (70.6%) were successfully taken off ECMO, and 11 patients (61.1%) survived. Conclusion: Our ECMO transport system without mechanical ventilation can be considered a safe and useful method for interhospital transport and could be a good alternative option for ECMO transport in Korean hospitals with limited resources.

• 센서학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.229-235
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• 2008

In order to monitor the anticancer drug in stable conditions, the Web based anticancer drug management system and alarm services were constructed and assessed in this study. Anticancer drug should be exact to the correct patient in the right environment. To overcome the restriction of existing equipment that only monitors fragmentarily, temperature and humidity were continuously monitored to maintain stable environments using sensor networks and RFID for the monitoring and management of anticancer drug. Construction drug identification and the effect of normal air outside the anticancer dispensary with obstacles were evaluated in working hour. Pre-installed control system in the dispensary could be alternated with auto sensing and alarming. We expected that the efficiency of anticancer drug management and the reliability of drug medication by handwork would be increase accordingly.

• Journal of Trauma and Injury
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2013

Purpose: The assessment of trauma patients in the prehospital setting is difficult, but appropriate field triage is critical to the prognosis of trauma patients. We sought to evaluate the triage given by the emergency medical technicians (EMTs) using the trauma score to patients injured in motor vehicle collisions (MVCs). Methods: From June 2012 to July 2012, questionnaires were distributed to EMTs, who had transported injured patients to the study hospital. Scene records, photos of the damaged vehicle, and ambulance run sheets were used to provide physiologic, physical, and mechanistic information about the MVC. To evaluate the appropriateness of the injury assessment by EMTs, we compared their impressions with the hospital's final diagnosis within a 3 level triage system comprising both the maximum abbreviated injury scale (MAIS) and the injury severity score (ISS). Kappa (k) was calculated to evaluate the agreement between the triage by EMTs and the triage based on hospital's final diagnosis. Results: A total of 91 patients were analyzed by 31 EMTs. The percentage of males was 57.1%, the mean age was 44.5, and the mean MAIS and ISS were 2.7 and 16.6 respectively. While EMTs correctly diagnosed patient injuries to the extremities in 35.7%, and to the neck in 32.1%, pelvic injuries were missed in 80.0%. The agreement between the triage by the EMTs and the triage based on the hospital's final diagnosis was 62.6%(k=0.366) by the MAIS and 50.5%(k=0.234) by the ISS. The kappa value was higher in EMT-I than in EMT-II. Conclusion: In MVC, the assessment of injured patients by EMT-I was more appropriate, and the 3-level triage method based on the MAIS could contribute to a more accurate triage. Prospective studies to search for appropriate methods of field triage are required for programming practical education for EMTs.

• 스마트미디어저널
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.33-44
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• 2024

충북은 지역별 인구구성과 산업시설, 응급의료기관의 분포 등에 있어 다양한 지역적 특색을 가지고 있다. 하지만 아직까지 심장정지 환자의 발생 특성과 관련한 지역별 특성 요인을 분석한 연구는 없는 실정이다. 따라서 본 논문은 충북지역의 병원 전 발생하는 심장정지 환자의 특성과 119구급대 이송 현황을 분석하여 충청북도 지역 특성에 적합한 병원 전 심장정지 환자 대응체계를 구축하는데 기초자료를 제공하고 수행하였다. 본 논문은 충북지역 급성 심장정지 조사 원시자료(2020년)를 기초로 구급차로 이송된 심장정지 환자 1,188명을 분석한 후향적 연구이다. 충북 도내 응급의료기관은 총 11개소로 시 단위 지역에 편중되어 있어 군 단위 지역에서의 병원까지 환자 이송 시간이 지연되고 있었다. 군 단위 지역은 특별구급대의 출동 빈도가 상대적으로 적었으며, 심장정지 환자 소생에 도움이 되는 심장정지 약물 투여 빈도도 낮게 나타났다. 결론적으로 응급의료서비스의 접근성 향상(소외지역의 구급차랑 배치, 응급의료기관 적정 배치 등), 외상성 심장정지 환자에 대한 예방 홍보 및 구급대원의 응급처치 전문성 강화를 위한 업무 범위 확대 등의 노력이 필요하다.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2006

This study is focused on middle school students who are composed of a factor in medical emergency system. In the case of cardiac failure, it is to make its basic data and develop its education program of CPR(cardiopulmonary resuscitation) which can increase the patient's survival rate before his hospitalization. The findings of this study is as follows. The subject of study is composed of 117 persons who are 54 boy-students(46.2%) and 63 girl-students(53.8%) in sex and 72 first-grade students(61.5%) and 45 second-grade students (38.5%) in a school year. In the accuracy degree, the practice of artificial respiration is $42.28{\pm}34.42%$ in case of basic CPR(cardiopulmonary resuscitation). The accuracy degree of the thorax pressure is $82.17{\pm}15.40%.$ In the accuracy degree, the practice of artificial respiration is $92.16{\pm}25.68%$ in boy-students and $20.38{\pm}24.16%$ in girl-students, the second-grade students is $58.40{\pm}33.29%$, which is higher than the first-grade students' $32.21{\pm}31.14%$. In the accuracy degree, the thorax pressure is $92.16{\pm}3.91%$ in boy-studetns and $73.61{\pm}16.41%$ in girl-students. In the accuracy degree of the thorax pressure, the second-grade students are $82.60{\pm}16.54%$ and the first-grade students $81.91{\pm}3.91$, which doesn't show any significant difference in school year. The satisfaction degree after theory & practice education is $2.12{\pm}.85$. In the satisfaction degree of its basic CPR, girl-students are $2.14{\pm}.83$ and boy-students are 2.11. In the satisfaction degree of its basic CPR, the second-grade students are $2.40{\pm}.61$ and the first-grade students are $1.95{\pm}.94$. This study is to lead to some suggestions. First, it is necessary to develop the education program and educate its knowledge & technology in proportion to student's characteristics of sex and school year. Second, education authorities should develop a subject of the accident prevention and first-aid treatment in its curriculum and provide the practical education of CPR for adults, adolescents and children. Third, it is necessary to study the education program as well as the education evaluation of CPR further on.