The organization of emergency medical care for the children's population during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

Objective. To analyze the work of the emergency medical care department (EMCD) of the largest children's polyclinic of the city in 2020-2022 and to evaluate the organization of the EMC for the attached children during the Covid-19 pandemic. Materials and methods. Mathematical and statistical analysis of quantitative and qualitative indicators of EMCD activity based on a continuous sample of primary accounting and reporting medical documentation. Results. A significant increase in the number of EMCD visits was demonstrated. In 2022, the growth was 40,96 % and 28,12 % compared to 2020 and 2021. It was found out that in 97,4–98,0 % of all cases provided with EMC, were the children with respiratory diseases. Their number in 2022 increased 1,3 times compared to 2021, and 1,43 times compared to 2020. In this group of patients, the number of children with pneumonia increased by 63.5 % in 2021 compared to 2020. Conclusions. The proper organization of the work of the EMCD made it possible to provide children with available, timely and rapid primary medical social and emergency medical care during an increased workload in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.