台灣燈會緊急醫療救護－2013年新竹縣經驗

The Provision of Emergency Medical Services in Taiwan Lantern Festival-The Experience of Hsin-Chu County in 2013

鄧允武(Yun-Wu Deng) ； 林朝順(Chaou-Shune Lin) ； 林鎮宇(Cheng-Yu Lin) ； 李均祈(Chun-Chi Li) ； 殷東成(Tung-Chen Yin)

《輔仁醫學期刊》 13卷4期 (2015/12) Pp. 217-222

https://doi.org/10.3966/181020932015121304006

摘要

本篇報告台灣燈會2013年在新竹縣舉辦時的緊急醫療救護需求情況。燈會活動從2月24日至3月10日共15天，設有醫療站五處與消防站八處，期間共有464人接受醫療，男性佔47.0%，年齡層中以年輕族群佔多數，就醫時段則集中在白天與假日，主訴最多為開放性傷口與腹痛，46人因病情較重由救護車轉送醫院治療，緊急醫療救護使用率為0.0039%（464/1200萬），救護車轉送率9.9%(46/464)，無死亡個案；文中我們也比較台灣其他展期較長大型活動的緊急醫療救護情況。

關鍵字

台灣燈會 ； 緊急醫療救護 ； 大型活動 ； 救護機車

並列摘要

We reported here on the provision of emergency medical services at the Taiwan lantern festival, which was held in Hsinchu County during 24 February to 10 March in 2013. Five medical stations and eight fire stations were set up for medical care. Approximately 12 million tourists participated in the event and in total 464 people required emergency medical care. Men were 47.0%. Young age, day time and holiday had more medical need. Forty-six patients needed to be transferred by ambulance to hospital; most were opened wounds and abdominal pain. The medical use rate was 0.0039% and the ambulance transfer rate was 9.9%. To our knowledge this is the first time using medical emergency motorcycle in lantern festival in Taiwan. We also compared emergency medical services in other mass gatherings with longer times in Taiwan.

並列關鍵字

Taiwan lantern festival ； Emergency medical service ； Mass gatherings ； Medical emergency motorcycle