A STUDY ON PROFILE OF PATIENTS ATTENDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF GAUHATI MEDICAL COLLEGE

Gitanjan Sarma; Mousumi Krishnatreya; Jutika Ojah

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

A STUDY ON PROFILE OF PATIENTS ATTENDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF GAUHATI MEDICAL COLLEGE

Gitanjan Sarma, Mousumi Krishnatreya, Jutika Ojah

Abstract :

“Medical Emergency” is defined as a situation when the patient requires urgent medical care to prevent loss of life or limb and initiate action for the restoration of normal healthy life.Emergency care should be of high quality,cost effective and compassionate.Emergency department of Tertiary care teaching hospital admits patients of various demographics and diagnosis throughout the year and is one of the overcrowding units worldwide .

Emergency department is that part of a tertiary level institution which is staffed and equipped so as to provide rapid and varied emergency care especially or those who suffer from sudden and acute illness and are victims of severe trauma.

Gauhati medical college and hospital is a pioneer institute which runs academic pursuits, patient care and is a referral centre for speciality and superspeciality treatment.The emergency and the accident services are one of the mainstay offered by GMCH.

Materials and methods

The present hospital based cross–sectional study was conducted in the emergency department of GMCH from 10–05–2016 o 09–08–2016.Data of total 1372 patients who came to the emergency department during the evening hours from 6–10 pm were collected by a pre–designed and pre–tested schedule containing both open and closed ended questions.

Results:Majority of the patients were in the age group of 21–40 years (41.13%).Most of the patients were males (61.96%).Fever is the most common symptom (25.53%).About 44.92% of the patients were provisionally diagnosed as having fracture.About 43.22% of the patients were referred to the medicine department from emergency.

Conclusion: The first impression on the patient should be a proper and positive emergency care.Prompt and effective emergency care can save lives and reduce severity .It also reduces the duration of illnesses.