DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PLAN FOR LOUISIANA. FINAL REPORT

DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PLAN FOR LOUISIANA IS OUTLINED. THE QUALITY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AVAILABLE IN LOUISIANA IS UNSATISFACTORY IN ALL BUT THE LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREAS, AND EVEN IN THESE LOCATIONS THE SERVICES ARE MINIMAL. A SURVEY OF AMBULANCE SERVICES CONDUCTED BY GULF SOUTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, INDICATED THAT ONLY NINE PERCENT (19 OUT OF 214) AMBULANCE SERVICES IN THE STATE MEET THE MOST MINIMUM EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING STANDARDS. A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE INSTITUTE OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS INDICATED THAT 61.6 PERCENT OF THE HOSPITALS SURVEYED COULD BE RATED AS HAVING ONLY LIMITED EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE CAPABILITY. THE SURVEY ALSO INDICATED THAT NEARLY ALL OF THE MAJOR EMERGENCY CARE HOSPITALS ARE LOCATED IN MEDIUM--TO LARGE-SIZED METROPOLITAN AREAS, AND FIVE OF THE COMPLETE EMERGENCY CARE FACILITIES ARE LOCATED IN NEW ORLEANS. THE SURVEY INDICATED A LACK OF ADEQUATE EMERGENCY CARE FACILITIES IN MOST RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN LOUISIANA. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 440 Pp, 57 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Gulf South Research Institute

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• Publication Date: 1969-10-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency vehicles; Hazards and emergency operations; Medical services
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226039
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM