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Pre-Hospital and In-Hospital Management of an Abdominal Impalement Injury Caused by a Tree Branch

  • Ahn, So Ra;Lee, Joo Hyun;Kim, Keun Young;Park, Chan Yong
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • 제34권4호
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    • pp.288-293
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    • 2021
  • In South Korea, most patients who visit trauma centers with abdominal injuries have blunt trauma, and penetrating injuries are relatively rare. In extremely rare cases, some patients are admitted with a long object penetrating their abdomen, and these injuries are referred to as abdominal impalement injuries. Most cases of impalement injuries lead to fatal bleeding, and patients often die at the scene of the accident. However, patients who survive until reaching the hospital can have a good prognosis with optimal treatment. A 68-year-old female patient was admitted to the trauma center with a 4-cm-thick tree branch impaling her abdomen. The patient was transported by a medical helicopter and had stable vital signs at admission. The branch sticking out of the abdomen was quite long; thus, we carefully cut the branch with an electric saw to perform computed tomography (CT). CT revealed no signs of major blood vessel injury, but intestinal perforation was observed. During laparotomy, the tree branch was removed after confirming that there were no vascular injuries, and enterostomy was performed because of extensive intestinal injury. After treating other injuries, the patient was discharged without any complications except colostomy. Abdominal impalement injuries are treated using various approaches depending on the injury mechanism and injured region. However, the most important consideration is that the impaled object should not be removed during transportation and resuscitation. Instead, it should only be removed after checking for injuries to blood vessels during laparotomy in an environment where injury control is possible.

Factors Related to Long-term Hospital Length of Stay and Opinions on Discharge-related Community-based Medical and Welfare Service on Elderly Patients with Chronic Diseases in Korean Veterans Hospitals

  • Yoon, Young Mi;Park, Jin Hee;Hwang, Moon Sook
    • 지역사회간호학회지
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    • 제33권4호
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    • pp.357-371
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This study aims to investigate factors related to long-term length of stay (LOS) of patients with chronic diseases in Korean veterans hospitals. Methods: The subjects were 196 elderly patients with chronic disease staying in the hospital for more than 10 days, Data were collected by the survey of patients with structured questionnaires and medical records review by nurses from July 15 to August 10, 2019. Collected data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression. Results: The present and desired LOS were 37.78±32.66 days and 60.87±45.95 days, respectively. Factors affecting hospital LOS were found to be main disease (genitourinary) (p<.001), assistance in activities of daily living (p<.001), area of hospital (p<.001), payment of medical fees (p=.026), hospital satisfaction (p=.036) and the explanatory power of these variables was 26.4%. The most common health problems that need to be solved after discharge were symptom alleviation and health promotion. These problems can be solved using community-based facility services or visiting medical-welfare services (especially home care nursing). Conclusion: In order to reduce hospital LOS, the following measures are required: personalized self-management education, provision of transportation services for dialysis therapy of inactive patients, linking patients with visiting medical-welfare services including home care nursing and mobile healthcare services, operation of the case management system including the notice of the discharge date at admission, interim check of patient status, and connecting the patient with community resources or transferring the patient to long-term care facilities at discharge.

Treatment of a penetrating inferior vena cava injury using doctor-helicopter emergency medical service and direct-to-operating room resuscitation in Korea: a case report

  • Dongmin Seo;Jieun Kim;Jiwon Kim;Inhae Heo;Jonghwan Moon;Kyoungwon Jung;Hohyung Jung
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • 제37권1호
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    • pp.74-78
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    • 2024
  • Inferior vena cava (IVC) injuries can have fatal outcomes and are associated with high mortality rates. Patients with IVC injuries require multiple procedures, including prehospital care, surgical techniques, and postoperative care. We present the case of a 67-year-old woman who stabbed herself in the abdomen with a knife, resulting in an infrarenal IVC injury. We shortened the transfer time by transporting the patient using a helicopter and decided to perform direct-to-operating room resuscitation by a trauma physician in the helicopter. The patient underwent laparotomy with IVC ligation for damage control during the first operation. The second- and third-look operations, including previous suture removal, IVC reconstruction, and IVC thrombectomy, were performed by a trauma surgeon specializing in cardiovascular diseases. The patient was discharged without major complications on the 19th postoperative day with rivaroxaban as an anticoagulant medication. Computed tomography angiography at the outpatient clinic showed that thrombi in the IVC and both iliac veins had been completely removed. Patients with IVC injuries can be effectively treated using a trauma system that includes fast transportation by helicopter, damage control for rapid hemostasis, and expert treatment of IVC injuries.

A Study of the HTML5-based Mobile Order Communication System

  • Ahn, Yoon-Ae;Cho, Han-Jin
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2013
  • Recently, online real-time web accessible mobile devices such as smartphones, tablet PCs and application services have been developing rapidly. Hospitals also need to adopt an efficient information system that can provide decent medical services under mobile computing environments to complete future medical services. This study proposes a system in which a doctor can examine a patient and make out a prescription in a ward on a real-time based on the current Order Communication Systems (OCSs) through mobile interfaces. The proposed system implements mobile web pages using HTML5, instead of a mobile app. Web processing speed can be enhanced using the web socket and web storage functions of HTML5.

장기간의 집회시위로 인한 환자 발생에 대한 분석 (Analysis of Patients Injured in Demonstraions)

  • 이경미
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.179-183
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    • 2009
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the level of medical care required for mass-gatherings and to describe the types of illness and injury that may occur during demonstrations. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of the medical records for patients injured during demonstrations. Results: From May to August at 2008, a total of 932,000 participants attended demonstrations. Most patients were occurred from June to July, a total of 126 patients were evaluated and treated at the emergency center of our hospital. The mean patient age was $31.8{\pm}9.8$ years, and men predominated over women. The vast majority of patients were experienced trauma (88.9%). The diagnostic categories were contusion (49.2%), laceration (20.6%), fracture (6.3%), syncope/dizziness (5.5%), ocular injuries (3.9%), dyspnea (3.9%), other trauma (3.1%), and abdominal complaints (1.5%). Two patients were admitted. Conclusion: The rate and the acuity of patients seen at these demonstrations was low. Nevertheless, a full on-site physician and transportation system is recommended during similar incidents.

Mahalanobis Taguchi System을 이용한 척추질환 환자의 진단에 관한 연구 (Diagnosis of Spondylopathy Using Mahalanobis Taguchi System)

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    • 산업경영시스템학회지
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    • 제35권4호
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    • pp.10-15
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    • 2012
  • The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System is a diagnosis and predictive method for analyzing patterns in multivariate cases. The goal of this study is diagnosis of the spondylolisthesis from biomedical data that is derived from the shape and orientation of the pelvis and lumbar spine. The data set has six attributes including pelvic incidence, pelvic tilt, lumbar lordosis angle, sacral slope, pelvic radius and grade of spondylolisthesis and two class including normal and abnormal. From University of California at Irvine machine learning repository, 100 normal and 150 spondylolisthesis patient's data were used for this study. Mahalanobis Taguchi System (MTS) application process and the diagnosis results were described in this paper.

Education, Role, and Prospects of Advanced Practice Nurses in Hospice and Palliative Care in South Korea

  • Kwon, So-Hi;Park, Myung-Hee;Kim, Hyun Sook
    • Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2021
  • Hospice palliative care refers to holistic care provided by an interdisciplinary team aimed at improving the quality of life of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases and their families. Among interdisciplinary team members, hospice advanced practice nurses (APNs) trained as master's-level advanced nursing professionals are leaders who play an important role in providing patient-centered care and improving the quality of services. The Medical Service Act revised in 2018 requires the scope of practice of APNs in each field to be specified in the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Accordingly, discussions on the role and scope of practice of hospice APNs are actively underway. In this review, the curriculum of hospice APNs, their work responsibilities and roles, and their current status are reviewed, and the future direction of the hospice APN system is also discussed.

치과의료서비스 향상을 위한 환자 기대도 조사연구 (A Study on the Patient's Expectation Toward Quality Care of Dental Services)

  • 최준선;이시백
    • 치위생과학회지
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2002
  • 2001년 4월 25일부터 6월 9일까지 서울시내 치과대학 병원 2곳과 서울시내 치과의원 2곳을 임의적으로 선정하여 그 곳에 방문한 환자에게 설문조사를 실시하였다. 설문내용은 치과 병 의원에 방문한 환자의 일반적인 특성, 치과 의료 환경에 대한 기대, 치과 인력에 대한 기대, 편의시설에 대한 기대, 치과정보에 대한 기대, 예약/정산에 대한 기대, 대기시간에 대한 기대로 구성되어 있다. 환자의 일반적 특성에 따라 치과의료서비스 기대를 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 치과 의료서비스의 기대도 분석결과는 치과 병 의원의 환경에 대한 기대와 인력에 대한 기대가 가장 높게 나타났다. 2. 치과 의료서비스의 각 요인별 기대수준은 다음과 같다. 1) 환경에 대한 기대요인 중 '치과 의료기관의 편리한 교통'의 기대가 가장 높았다. 2) 인력에 대한 기대요인 중 '치과의사의 친절'의 기대가 높게 나타났다. 3) 편의시설에 대한 기대요인 중 '어린이만을 위한 시설'에서 기대가 가장 높게 나타났다. 4) 치과정보제공에 대한 기대요인 중 '치료방법 및 치료비 설명'에서 기대가 가장 높았다. 5) 예약/정산에 대한 기대요인 중 '예약/정산의 신속성'에서 기대가 가장 높았다. 6) 대기시간에 대한 기대요인 중 '대기시간을 알려주는 배려'에서 기대가 높게 나타났다. 3. 환자의 일반적 특성에 따른 총 치과 의료서비스 기대분석 결과로서는 여자가 남자보다, 연령이 낮아질수록, 그리고 교육수준이 높을수록 치과의료서비스의 기대가 높았다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 소득의 증대와 의료서비스 이용의 기회가 증가하면서 의료에 대한 개념이 바뀌고 고객들이 원하는 요구도 매우 다양해지고 복잡해지고 있음을 추측할 수 있었다. 이에 맞추어 치과 병 의원은 치료서비스 이외에 환자가 요구하는 여러 가지 부가적인 서비스를 포함하여 포괄적인 개념의 의료서비스를 제공하는 방법으로 접근을 시도해야 한다. 그리고 병원자체의 의료서비스 평가를 통해서 고객의 기대와 실제로 환자에게 제공된 의료서비스간의 갭을 파악하고 그 갭을 줄이기 위해 다양한 방향으로 노력하여 고객만족을 실현해야 할 것이다.

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원격진료를 위한 생체신호의 무선전송에 대한 연구 (A Study on the Radio Transmission of Bio-Signal for Tele-Medicine)

  • 김정년;곽준혁;최조천;조학현
    • 한국정보통신학회논문지
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    • 제6권3호
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    • pp.379-385
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    • 2002
  • 원격의료는 사고현장이나 원거리에서 병원까지의 후송중에 응급처치 및 재택치료에서 필요로 하며, 응급환자가 현장에서 병원에 도착하기 전에 응급치료의 지연에 의하여 사망하거나 불구 및 장애자가 될 수 있는 상황이 전개중이라면 이때의 응급조치는 매우 중요하다고 하겠다. 우리 나라는 1991년 응급환자 정보센터의 설립으로 응급의료 통신망이 운영되어 오고 있으며, 여기에 119의 구조·구급활동은 환자의 후송을 주임무로 하고 있다. 최근에 발족된 1339응급의료 정보센터는 현실적으로 병원에 위치해 있으면서 유선·무선·컴퓨터등의 응급통신망을 통하여 질병상담 및 전국의 병원자료 구축 그리고 119구급대와의 정보교환으로 신속한 응급의료 서비스가 이루어지도록 하고 있다. 이러한 응급의료 서비스에서 사고현장의 구급차에서 환자의 생체신호를 검출하여 해당 의료기관에 환자의 상태를 모니터링 할 수 있도록 정보를 제공하는 기능이 요구되고 있다. 즉, 환자의 기본적인 생체정보를 무선으로 전송하고 병원이나 전문의료기관에서 이것을 모니터링하고 있다. 즉, 환자의 기본적인 생체정보를 무선으로 전송하고 병원이나 전문의료기관에서 이것을 모니터링하여 원격진료를 수행하고, 환자에게 긴급한 응급조치를 취하도록 지시하는 것이다. 여기에 TRS(Trunked Radio System) 무선통신은 의료통신체계에 가장 효율적인 방식으로 현재에 이 분야에서 가장 많이 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 구급차에서 환자의 생체신호 검출, TRS에 의한 신호의 전송 및 수신된 자료의 모니터링 그리고 필요한 음성통신이 동시에 가능하도록 TRS에 생체신호 검출기를 조합하여 휴대형으로 구성되는 모듈을 설계하고 구현하여 그 성능을 실험하였다.

추자도 행정선의 필요기능 조사 및 선박 개념설계 (Conceptual Design and Examination of Required Functions of a Public Ship in Chuja-do)

  • 안광
    • 해양환경안전학회지
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    • 제26권6호
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    • pp.606-614
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    • 2020
  • 행정선 추자호는 제주시 추자군도 내 유인도서를 운항하는 유일한 교통수단이다. 추자호는 선령이 관공선의 내구연한인 25년이 지나서 안전을 위해 대체 건조가 필요한 상황이다. 또한 현재 추자도에는 응급환자 발생 시 제주시까지 해상수송 수단이 없어서 추자도 주민들은 의료선 기능을 갖춘 행정선으로 대체를 강력히 요구하고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 추자도 행정선의 대체건조를 위해 행정선이 수행해야 할 기능을 조사하고, 그 기능의 수행에 적합한 대체 행정선의 개념설계를 제시하는 데 있다. 본 연구에서는 선박운항 현장조사 및 선박이용자와 관계기관 종사자를 대상으로 이용자 요구사항을 조사하여 대체 행정선이 의료선 기능을 수행해야 할 필요성을 제시하고, 의료선 기능을 갖춘 행정선의 개념설계를 제시하였다. 본 연구 결과는 지방정부의 행정선 대체 건조사업의 예산편성을 위한 검토 및 선박기본설계로 활용될 수 있으며 도서지역 주민의 교통안전 향상 및 의료환경 개선에 기여할 것으로 기대한다.