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Knobloch R, Metelmann C, Metelmann B, Rübsam ML, Krämer B, Krämer S, Metelmann IB. [Prehospital chest tube placement: Which factors are associated with feeling confident to perform the procedure?]. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR EVIDENZ, FORTBILDUNG UND QUALITAT IM GESUNDHEITSWESEN 2024; 186:27-34. [PMID: 38658233 DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2024.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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BACKGROUND The prehospital placement of chest tubes is a rare but potentially life-saving procedure. A high level of subjective confidence with the procedure is essential for emergency medical doctors. This study aims to identify if there is a statistically significant difference in the subjective sense of confidence in prehospital chest tube placement regarding medical experience and qualification, clinical routine, and attendance at simulation courses. METHODS Prehospital emergency physicians of three emergency medical services in Southwest Saxony, Greifswald, and Vechta, Germany, were invited to participate in an online survey from January to March 2022 using the online survey service limesurvey. The question "Do you feel confident in chest tube placement?" was used to measure the subjective level of confidence. Answers were compared with data concerning medical qualification, experience in prehospital emergency medicine, clinical routine, and attendance at simulation courses. Statistical analysis was performed using chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test. RESULTS Three out of four participants felt confident in chest tube placement (53/71; 74.6%). More than half of the participants reported that they did not perform this procedure regularly (35/53, 66%). Subjective confidence was highest in physicians who regularly place chest tubes during their non-prehospital work (34/37; 91,9%; p<0.001), and more often when participants had clinical routine and attended simulation courses than when none of this applied (p=0.012). Attendance at simulation courses alone was not associated with a higher level of confidence (p=0.002). Specialists showed significantly more often subjective confidence in chest tube placement (p=0.0401). CONCLUSION Prehospital chest tube placement is rare, but potentially lifesaving. An adequately high level of subjective confidence in the placement of chest tubes is a key condition for prehospital emergency doctors. Inhospital clinical routine and attendance at simulation courses are significantly associated with high levels of confidence. Our data indicate that working only in prehospital emergency settings without further clinical routine or medical specialization is not sufficient for achieving and ensuring subjective confidence in chest tube placement.
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- Rebecca Knobloch
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Viszeral-, Transplantations-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Bereich Thoraxchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesie, Intensiv-, Notfall- und Schmerzmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald KöR, Greifswald, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesie, Intensiv-, Notfall- und Schmerzmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald KöR, Greifswald, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesie, Intensiv-, Notfall- und Schmerzmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald KöR, Greifswald, Deutschland; Malteser Lohne e.V, Lohne, Landkreis Vechta, Deutschland
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- Rettungszweckverband Südwestsachsen, Plauen, Plauen, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Viszeral-, Transplantations-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Bereich Thoraxchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Viszeral-, Transplantations-, Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie, Bereich Thoraxchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Leipzig, Deutschland.
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Zwischen Notfall und Fehleinsatz – eine retrospektive Analyse der Einsätze eines Notarzteinsatzfahrzeugs in Frankfurt am Main von 2014 bis 2019. Notf Rett Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10049-022-01097-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zusammenfassung
Hintergrund
Ein steigendes Einsatzaufkommen lässt sich sowohl im Rettungsdienst als auch im notärztlichen System in Deutschland verzeichnen. Oft werden dabei Fehleinsätze durch leicht erkrankte/verletzte Patienten als wachsende Problematik vermutet. Die vorliegende Untersuchung überprüft die Hypothese von steigenden Einsatzzahlen mit gleichzeitiger Zunahme von gegebenenfalls nichtindizierten Einsätzen.
Material und Methoden
Es erfolgte eine retrospektive Analyse der notärztlichen Einsätze des an der Universitätsklinik Frankfurt am Main stationierten Notarzteinsatzfahrzeugs von 2014 bis 2019. Die Analyse berücksichtigt zudem Faktoren wie die notärztliche Tätigkeit, Behandlungspriorität, Alarmierungsart und das Patientenalter.
Ergebnisse
Im beobachteten Zeitraum lässt sich ein Anstieg der notärztlichen Einsatzzahlen um mehr als 20 % erkennen. Der größte Anstieg zeigt sich bei Einsätzen, bei denen keine notärztliche Tätigkeit (+80 %) notwendig war. Einsätze der niedrigsten Behandlungspriorität (+61 %) sowie der höchsten Behandlungspriorität (+61 %) nahmen ebenfalls signifikant zu.
Diskussion
Die vorliegenden Zahlen stützen die Hypothese, dass bei signifikant gesteigertem Einsatzaufkommen mehr Einsätze durch den Notarzt bewältigt werden müssen, bei denen er rückblickend nicht notwendig gewesen wäre. Trotzdem gibt es auch mehr Patienten, die einen sofortigen Arztkontakt benötigen. Die hieraus resultierende erhöhte Einsatzfrequenz kann zu einer erhöhten Belastung sowie erschwerten zeitgerechten Disposition der notärztlichen Ressource führen.
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Breuer F, Dahmen J, Malysch T, Poloczek S. Strukturqualität im Berliner Notarztdienst: Funktionen, Qualifikationen und Kompetenzerhalt. Notf Rett Med 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10049-022-01020-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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ZusammenfassungDie Voraussetzungen zum Einsatz im Notarztdienst sind in Deutschland unterschiedlich geregelt, allein die Rahmenbedingungen zur Erlangung der Zusatzbezeichnung Notfallmedizin variieren in den Bundesländern. Diese stellt nur die Mindestvoraussetzung zur ärztlichen Teilnahme am Rettungsdienst dar und ist nach aktueller Literatur und Rechtsprechung, ebenso wie die alleinige Teilnahme am Notarzt- oder Klinikdienst zum Kompetenzerhalt, längst nicht mehr ausreichend. Im Rahmen der erneuten Ausschreibung des Notarztdiensts im Land Berlin im Jahr 2020 wurden die Voraussetzungen zur Teilnahme am Notarztdienst an den Stand der medizinischen Wissenschaft und aktuellen Rechtsprechung angepasst, die Definition von ärztlichen Kompetenzniveaus und deren strukturierter Erwerb inklusive festgelegter Einarbeitungs- und Einsatzzeiten entsprechend definiert sowie supervidierende Komponenten festgelegt. Bereits existierenden ärztlichen Führungsfunktionen wie dem Oberarzt vom Dienst (OAVD) kommt als operativer Vertreter der Ärztlichen Leitung Rettungsdienst in der Notfallrettung der Hauptstadt eine zentrale Rolle bei der Etablierung und Sicherung dieser gebotenen Anpassungsmaßnahmen zu.
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Schempf B, Dorau W, Eppler F, Heinemann N, Metzger M, Häske D. [Best practice-example of a paramedic competence system in the context of user and patient safety: the Reutlinger Weg]. Notf Rett Med 2022; 26:1-12. [PMID: 35261560 PMCID: PMC8890017 DOI: 10.1007/s10049-022-00989-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The discussion about the competencies and responsibilities of paramedics has been going on for decades and is the subject of controversial legal debates and currently the focus of political attention due to the heterogeneous country-specific design. However, there are only a few published examples of a so-called competency system for the safe and effective use of prehospital emergency medicine interventions. The practical experience of a competence system is presented. Adequate education and training are crucial for development of competence. A physician-supported quality assurance system creates the opportunity to confirm the competencies of paramedics within the framework of competence checks, monitor the system by means of indicators, and detect weak points at an early stage. Safety culture must be exemplified. Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are the guideline for implementation. In a competence system, certified paramedics can be granted authorization and thus contribute to rapid and efficient patient care, while keeping emergency physicians available for indications requiring their competencies.
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- Benjamin Schempf
- DRK Rettungsdienst Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Deutschland
- Medizinische Klinik II – Kardiologie, Angiologie, internistische Intensivmedizin, Klinikum am Steinenberg, Reutlingen, Deutschland
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- DRK Rettungsdienst Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Deutschland
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- DRK Rettungsdienst Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Deutschland
- Zentrum für öffentliches Gesundheitswesen und Versorgungsforschung, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Deutschland
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Troppmair T, Egger J, Krösbacher A, Zanvettor A, Schinnerl A, Neumayr A, Baubin M. [Evaluation of cancelled emergency physician missions and patient handovers in the area of Innsbruck : Retrospective assessment of physician-staffed emergency medical service cancellations and handovers from the emergency physician to the emergency medical service in 2017 and 2018]. Anaesthesist 2021; 71:272-280. [PMID: 34643756 PMCID: PMC8986753 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-021-01046-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Human and vehicle resource management indicates a good emergency medical system (EMS). Frequently, an emergency medical technician (EMT) is the first responder to the emergency, which negates the necessity for an emergency physician (EP) and is just as sensible as handing over a stable patient to the EMT for transport to the hospital. The Austrian EMS is utilized by EMTs, in cases of potential life-threatening emergencies the dispatch center dispatches an additional team with an on-board EP. During the years 2017-2018 nearly every fifth EP mission in Innsbruck (including surrounding areas) ended in a cancellation. The numbers of patient handovers from EP to EMT are slightly lower with mission cancellations resulting in every fourth patient. Therefore, due to the high number of cancellations and handovers evaluated in this study, the findings suggest that there is a potential need to re-evaluate procedures. The re-evaluation of these procedures could determine whether these cancellations/handovers were justified or if an over hasty decision making was at fault. All cases considered in this study were from the Innsbruck and Telfs EP bases between 1 January 2017 and 13 December 2018. METHODS Out of a total of 96,908 emergency dispatches, there were 2470 cancellation/handover occurrences. These occurrences consisted of 1190 cancellations and 1280 patient handovers from the EP to the EMT. Patients who were transferred to the University Hospital Innsbruck were included in these figures. The protocols of the emergency dispatches have been filtered from the so-called CarPC. They have subsequently been grouped into cancellation and handover categories. The clinical diagnoses of the patients with inpatient treatment were evaluated from the hospital information system (KIS) of the University Hospital Innsbruck. This was done with the help of the so-called emergency physician indications catalogue of the German Medical Council. The diagnosis was documented in the hospital information system. The emergency protocols from the EMTs were also evaluated retrospectively. The Innsbruck based EP patients are hospitalized in the Innsbruck Hospital due their geographical position. When there is no need for a specific intervention the patients of the EPs based in Telfs are transferred to a local hospital. When a specific intervention is necessary, patient care must be provided by the University Hospital Innsbruck. Due to the privacy practices of the Innsbruck Medical University "vote of ethics" only the data of patients transferred to the Innsbruck Clinic can be evaluated. The information provided from the EPs based in Innsbruck was exclusively from the University Hospital Innsbruck's anesthesiologists. The physicians from the Telfs EP base are of mixed medical specialities. All of them, however, have an emergency medical physician diploma, in addition to the ius practicandi. Lastly, there are no EPs in Innsbruck or Telfs, who have any special obligations during their duty. RESULTS The results show that in 210 cases (8.5%) the indications for the EP, based on the emergency physician indications catalogue of the German Medical Council were given. Also, 8.7% of all cancellations and 8.4% of patient handovers were not justified. Patients with emergency indications had a longer hospitalization. The EP base EMS Innsbruck had more cancellations than the EP base EMS Telfs. The EMS Innsbruck also had more cancellations than patient handovers. Conversely, the EMS Telfs had more patient handovers than cancellations. On the weekends between 6:00 pm and 6:00 am there were less cancellations and handovers from both EP bases. The documentation from the EMT protocols was incomplete in 284 cancellations (23.9% of the cancellations) and 339 handovers (26.5% of the handovers), 35 patients after cancellations (2.9%), 35 patients after handovers (2.7%) needed intensive care treatment, 20 patients after cancellations (1.7% of all cancellations), and 24 patients after handovers (1.9% of all handovers) who needed intensive care treatment had a critical diagnosis. In 40 cases of patient handovers, the EP was alerted to another emergency follow-up within 10 min. CONCLUSION In Austria, the introduction of a standardized emergency indication checklist might help dispatch centers to provide a more accurate dispatch as well as all EMS team members. Furthermore, a better traceability system (according to EP cancellations and patient handovers from the EP to the EMT) could be achieved. The documentation requirements should be more precise by all members of the EMT staff, not only for the legal aspects but also for improving the overall management quality. Intense education and training as well as diagnosis feedbacks could help to reduce the number of risky cancellations/patient handovers.
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- Teresa Troppmair
- Universitätsklinik für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Anichstraße 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Österreich.
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Häske D, Gross Z, Atzbach U, Bernhard M, Gather A, Hoedtke J, Hossfeld B, Schele S, Münzberg M. Comparison of manual statements from out-of-hospital trauma training programs and a national guideline on treatment of patients with severe and multiple injuries. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2021; 48:2207-2217. [PMID: 34426883 DOI: 10.1007/s00068-021-01768-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Training programs help establish evidence-based knowledge in prehospital emergency care. This study aimed to compare manual statements from prehospital trauma training programs and evidence-based guidelines on treatment of patients with severe and multiple injuries. METHODS A systematic comparison with the primary endpoint of the highest grades of recommendation (GoR A, "must") of the current version of the German guidelines and recent recommendations of the prehospital trauma training programs International Trauma Life Support (ITLS), Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS), and Traumamanagement® (TM) based on their official textbooks was done. The recommendations were categorized as agreement or minor or major variation. The comparison was made using a rating system by experts who were blinded to the training programs. If the consensus strength of the experts was < 75%, affected statements were finalized in a Delphi procedure. RESULTS Overall, 92 statements were compared. Fleiss-kappa of the first rating was 0.385 (p < 0.001, 95% CI: 0.376-0.393). Finally, comparable recommendations of the guideline with the training programs in principle agree with the statement of the guidelines were > 90% for all programs. The agreement with GoR A recommendations and each course program were 33.9%, 30.6%, and 35.5% (ITLS, PHTLS, and TM, respectively), p = 0.715. CONCLUSIONS Despite small differences, the training programs showed high degrees of compliance with the guidelines and international agreement with some minor differences. Furthermore, the results did not allow any conclusions regarding the quality of the courses, the didactic methodology, and local adaptability. The practical implementation of the courses is probably even higher and closer to the guidelines.
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- David Häske
- Center of Public Health and Health Services Research, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.,Emergency Medical Service, German Red Cross, Reutlingen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University Hospital Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- PHTLS, Academy of the German Association of Emergency Medical Services, Lübeck, Germany
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- Emergency Department, Heinrich-Heine University of Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University Hospital Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive and Emergency Medicine, Pain Therapy, Hamburg, Germany.,Trauma Management Network, Training Center Schlump, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Pain Therapy, HEMS 'Christoph 22', Federal Armed Forces Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive and Emergency Medicine, Klinikverbund Allgäu gGmbH, Immenstadt, Germany.,ITLS-International Trauma Life Support Germany e.V., Mölln, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, University Hospital Heidelberg, Ludwigshafen, Germany. .,Department of Rescue and Emergency Medicine, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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Thielmann B, Pohl R, Böckelmann I. Heart rate variability as a strain indicator for psychological stress for emergency physicians during work and alert intervention: a systematic review. J Occup Med Toxicol 2021; 16:24. [PMID: 34187497 PMCID: PMC8240085 DOI: 10.1186/s12995-021-00313-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The workloads of emergency physicians are severe. The prevalence of burnout among emergency physicians is higher than with other physicians or compared to the general population. The analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) is a valid method for objective monitoring of workload. The aim of this paper is to systematically evaluate the literature on heart rate variability as an objective indicator for mental stress of emergency physicians. METHODS A systematic literature review examining heart rate variability of emergency physicians in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement for reporting systematic reviews was performed. PubMed, Ovid, Cochrane Libary, Scopus, and Web of Science electronic databases were used. The methodological quality was evaluated by using a modified STARD for HRV. RESULTS Two studies matched the inclusion criteria by using HRV between alert intervention and two other studies were considered that used HRV in other question areas. It showed an adaptation of HRV under stress. The studies were not comparable. CONCLUSIONS There is a need for occupational health studies that examine strains and stress of emergency physicians. The well-established parasympathetic mediated HRV parameters seem to be suitable parameters to objectify the stress.
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- Beatrice Thielmann
- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, (Building 20), 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, (Building 20), 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, (Building 20), 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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