Author/Authors :
bahadori, mohammadkarim health management research centre, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran - health management research centre, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran, IR Iran , ghardashi, fatemeh health management research centre, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran - health management research centre, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran, IR Iran , izadi, ahmad reza health management research centre, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran - health management research centre, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran, IR Iran , ravangard, ramin shiraz university of medical sciences - school of management and medical information sciences, shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, ir iran, شيراز, ايران , mirhashemi, sedigheh trauma research centre, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran - trauma research centre, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran, IR Iran , hosseini, seyed mojtaba department of health services management, tehran north branch, islamic azad university, tehran, ir iran - department of health services management, tehran north branch, islamic azad university, tehran, ir iran, IR Iran
Abstract :
pre-hospital care plays a vital role in saving trauma patients. this study aims to review studies conducted on the pre-hospital emergency status in iran. data were sourced from iranian electronic databases, including sid, iranmedex, irandoc, magiran, and non-iranian electronic databases, such as medline, embase, cochrane library, scopus, and google scholar. in addition, available data and statistics for the country were used. all persian-language articles published in iranian scientific journals and related english-language articles published in iranian and non-iranian journals indexed on valid sites for september 2005 - 2014 were systematically reviewed. to review the selected articles, a data extraction form developed by the researchers as per the study’s objective was adopted. the articles were examined under two categories: structure and function of pre-hospital emergency. a total of 19 articles were selected, including six descriptive studies (42%), four descriptive-analytical studies (21%), five review articles (16%), two qualitative studies (10.5%), and two interventional (experimental) studies (10.5%). in addition, of these, 14 articles (73.5%) had been published in the english language. the focus of these selected articles were experts (31.5%), bases of emergency medical services (26%), injured (16%), data reviews (16%), and employees (10.5%). a majority of the studies (68%) investigated pre-hospital emergency functions and 32% reviewed the pre-hospital emergency structure. the number of studies conducted on pre-hospital emergency services in iran is limited. to promote public health, consideration of prevention areas, processes to provide pre-hospital emergency services, policymaking, foresight, systemic view, comprehensive research programs and roadmaps, and assessments of research needs in pre-hospital emergency seem necessary.
