CHENNAI: Care is very crucial for any patient to reduce mortality, say doctors. The Golden Hour management starts the moment a patient lands in a health emergency – like road accident, heart attack, stroke, sepsis, asthma or any life threatening illness. Pre hospital care is highly specialised nowadays, including advanced medical technology and mobile medical units which includes life saving equipment like defibrillator, ventilator, monitors, infusion pumps, suction apparatus, oxygen cylinders, ECG, glucometer and medications required during transfer of critically-ill patients. Dr T S Srinath Kumar, Academic Council Chair, Society for Emergency Medicine India said, Emergency Services can be divided into three parts. It starts with the care given to the patient before they reach the hospital, which is given from the home, ambulance or road side.

Source: Indian Express January 30, 2024 17:34 UTC