Fire Department Participation in the Identification and Transportation of Victims of Thermal Injury 'In Central New York State' Exploratory Study

摘要

The objective of this study was to establish the role of the fire service in the identification and transportation of burn victims from the scene of fire department service to medical facilities. Burn injury data collected in Central New York State under the National Burn Care Demonstration (DHHS) and fire casualty and incident reports submitted by local fire departments through the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control to the U.S. Fire Administration along with locally gathered fire department records were compared. Rates of fire service participation in burn patient triage were compared with total burn incidence records in hospital records in the Central New York Region. It was found that the number of burn victims having some contact with the fire service was small in proportion to the total number of thermal burns occurring within the region.