Objective: The aim: The aim of this study was to characterize the general characteristics of the completed interventions by the Voivodeship Rescue Service of Katowice in the time period from 1st January 2018 to 31 December 2018.
Patients and methods: Material and methods: Analysis of the characteristics of the trips was done based on the information contained in the dispatch order cards and medical emergency services cards. In the statistical analysis the Chi-Square (p<0.05) test was utilized.
Results: Results: The total number of interventions was 211,548 cases. It is also worth observing, that the general number of interventions out of town amounted to 20,344 interventions, whereas, in town, there were 191,204 interventions. It can be observed that the most common decision made by the Emergency Medical Team was the decision to directly transported and received by the emergency department (126,553 cases; p<0.05). The definite most common reason for symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (ICD-10 code : R; p<0.05).
Conclusion: Conclusion: The largest number of interventions completed by the Voivodeship Rescue Service in Katowice in 2018 was due to injuries and poisonings, symptoms, diseases features and incorrect results of diagnostic tests, and in third place were cardiovascular diseases.
Keywords: medical rescue; Emergency Medical Team; Silesian Voivodeship; emergency medicine.