State Emergency Medical Services in Poland

Flashcards about Poland's Emergency Medical Services, including paramedics, nurses, hospital structure and treatment.

Paramedics/nurses of the emergency medical system should have:

Full legal capacity, a state of health allowing them to practice, and sufficient knowledge of the Polish language.

A paramedic should have completed:

Higher education in medical rescue or graduation from a post-secondary school with a diploma confirming the professional title of 'paramedic'.

Paramedics/nurses are in charge of:

Securing people, assessing health status, transporting people, communicating with people, and organizing first aid classes.

Medical rescue operations undertaken independently by a paramedic/nurse include:

Assessment of condition, placing the patient, conducting CPR, restoration of airway patency, oxygen therapy, defibrillation, ECG execution, monitoring, cacillation of peripheral veins and execution of intramedullary access.

Instruments used for airway obstruction restoration:

Oropharyngeal tube, nasopharyngeal tube, laryngeal mask, laryngeal tube, and conicocentesis.

Routes of drug administration by paramedic/nurse are:

Intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, endotracheal, oral, rectal, inhalation and intramedullary.

List of Drugs given by paramedic/nurse:

Acetylsalicylic acid, Amiodarone, Atropinum sulfuricum, Clemastine, Diazepam, Epinephrine bitartrate, Flumazenil, Furosemide, Glucagon hydrochloride, Glucosum 20% and 5%, Glyceryl trinitrate, Hydrocortisone / Methylprednisolone, Magnesii sulfuricum, Ketoprofen, Lignocainum hydrochloricum, Midazolam, Metoclopramidum, Morphine sulphate, Naloxonum hydrochloricum, Natrium chloratum 0.9%, Physiological fluid multielectrolyte isotonic, Salbutamol, Solutio Ringeri, Oxygen.

Organizational structure is:

Arrangement of positions and organizational units within the organization.

Each SOR (hospital emergency ward) should have the following areas:

Covered driveway for ambulances, area of medical segregation, resuscitation area, consultation area, observation area, short-term intensive care, laboratory and imaging diagnostics, and administrative facilities.

The main task of SOR is to:

Provide health services in individual and mass events, stabilize vital functions, and organize transport to other hospitals.

Rescue treatment of people in a life-threatening condition includes:

Initial diagnosis, immediate implementation of treatment, diagnostics, stabilization, prioritization, and transfer of the patient.

Links in the Chain of Survival:

Actions of witnesses, activities of ZRM, emergency treatment, and transfer for further treatment.

The first link (actions of witnesses) involves:

Provide first aid and trigger the rescue system.

ZRM activities at the scene of the incident include:

Assess the situation, number of victims, presence of other services, and expected transport needs.

Emergency treatment in hospital emergency departments includes:

Diagnostics, stabilization of vital functions, and prioritization of further treatment.