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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1987
COULD
HE SAID THAT MANY A TIME, MEDICAL CENTRES IN RURAL AREAS ONLY SERVE AS TRANSFERRING
BECAUSE THEIR AGENCIES
LESS-EQUIPPED MEET THE REQUIREMENTS ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY UNITS COULD NOT ALWAYS OF EMERGENCY TREATMENT.
OF
STANDARDS
AND AREAS
"ALL THESE FACTS POINT TO ONE DIRECTION, THAT IS THE
SUPPLY AND
OF THE MANPOWER
ACCIDENT FACILITIES MEDICAL EMERGENCY UNITS OF DISTRICT HOSPITALS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN RURAL NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED," HE SAID.
DR CHIU WENT ON TO SAY
DEPARTMENT
THAT ENERGENCY RESUSCITATION WAS OF BE DONE IN THE VITAL IMPORTANCE FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL AND SHOULD
UPON ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY
IMMEDIATELY ARRIVAL BUT NOT IN HOSPITAL WARDS BECAUSE TIME MUST NOT WAITING FOR TROLLEY TRANSFER OR HOSPITAL LIFTS.
A
BE
PATIENT'S WASTED IN
A "IT IS
COMMON
*RESUSCITATION SQUADS'
I
RECEIPT OF AN EMERGENCY ANOTHER IMPORTANT AREA WHICH INTO.
HE
THE
FOR PRACTICE
ADVANCED HOSPITALS THAT WOULD TAKE PROMPT ACTIONS
SAID. CALL,
GOVERNMENT
HE
ADDED SHOULD
ΤΟ HAVE UPON THE THIS THAT
WAS LOOK SERIOUSLY
HE SAID
TURNING TO THE LEVEL OF TRAINING FOR AMBULANCE STAFF,
CIRCLE THAT THE LEVEL OF IT WAS THE CONSENSUS VIEW IN THE MEDICAL
REINFORCED. THEIR SKILLS IN TRAINING FOR AMBULANCE STAFF SHOULD BE
KEEPING PROVIDING FIRST AID MEASURES SUCH AS ARREST OF HAEMORRHAGE, AIR WAY CLEAR,
RESPIRATION, EXTERNAL
MASSAGE, ARTIFICIAL MATERNAL DELIVERY AND SO FORTH SHOULD BE FURTHER POLISHED.
TO
CARDIAC
OF HONG KONG'S HE ALSO SAID THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE BETTER USE
THERE
BE SHOULD EXISTING RESOURCES AND
INCREASE EFFICIENCY,
LEVEL OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF AMBULANCE SERVICE TO CATER FOR DIFFERENT SERVICE REQUIRED.
FROM
HAVE SUFFICIENT FACILITIES. WHEN TRANSFERRING
TO HOSPITAL
HOME AND BETWEEN WITH TRAINED PERSONNEL WAS A
AMBULANCE DEALING WITH EMERGENCY CALLS SHOULD WELL-TRAINED STAFF AND FULLY-EQUIPPED PATIENTS IN STABLE HOSPITALS, A WELL-EQUIPPED AMBULANCE WASTE OF RESOURCES.
CONDITIONS
··
MINIBUS MANNED
HE SAID.
BY TWO
"IN THIS SITUATION, A COMFORTABLE AMBULANCEMEN INSTEAD OF THREE WOULD DE QUITE ADEQUATE,
BELIEVE HE ADDED THAT SOME OF HIS MEDICAL COLLEAGUES TENDED TO
AMBULANCE TO COME UNDER THE THAT IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR
THAN UNDER THE FIRE SERVICES MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT RATHER
OF THE VIEW DEPARTMENT. IN
SETTINGS PHYSICAL OF THE EXISTING
THE PRESENT AMBULANCE SERVICE, IT MIGHT NOT BE PRACTICAL TO DO SO AT TIME.
WITH THIS REGARD, 1 MUST STRESS THAT THE
ROLE IN VITAL DEPARTMENT SHOULD PLAY A AMBULANCE SERVICE, HE CONCLUDED,
THE
MEDICAL PROVISION
AND
OF
HEALTH! QUALITY
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