Anna Jones
Portable treatment technologies for urgent care
Jones, Anna; Benger, Jonathan; Hignett, Sue
Authors
Jonathan Benger
Sue Hignett
Abstract
Background: In recent years UK government policy has increased the provision of urgent care in the community. As part of this initiative the emergency ambulance service is gradually changing from an organisation designed to convey patients to hospital to a professional group capable of assessing urgency and delivering the appropriate treatment to the patient. Methods: This paper explores the portable technology requirements needed to support the new professional roles and draws on examples from ambulance trusts (emergency care practitioner services), primary care (out-of-hours general practitioner services and minor injuries units), and acute trusts (emergency departments) to investigate the workplace layout and clinical activities, including the use of equipment and consumables. It describes the iterative process used to develop the design specification for portable technologies using a qualitative exploratory methodological framework with data collected at stakeholder workshops, responder bag audits, clinical treatment observations and design decision groups. Results: The results are discussed as a three-level technology system for: personal kit; assessment packages (and storage for other clinical treatment packages), a clinical workspace. Future developments are predicted to improve diagnostic and decision-making services through both miniaturisation (eg, portable diagnostic imaging) and improved real-time support (communication systems). Conclusion: This study has provided empirical research for portable technology requirements in urgent care.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Mar 1, 2011 |
Deposit Date | Jan 21, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 10, 2016 |
Journal | Emergency Medicine Journal |
Print ISSN | 1472-0205 |
Electronic ISSN | 1472-0213 |
Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 192-196 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.075010 |
Keywords | portable, treatment, urgent care |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/964885 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2009.075010 |
Contract Date | Feb 10, 2016 |
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