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Suspected Miscarriage in the Experience of Emergency Medical Services Teams—Preliminary Study

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  • Ewa Rzońca

    (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Didactics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 14/16 Litewska St., 00-575 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Agnieszka Bień

    (Chair of Obstetrics Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lublin, 4-6 Staszica St., 20-081 Lublin, Poland)

  • Grażyna Bączek

    (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Didactics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 14/16 Litewska St., 00-575 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Patryk Rzońca

    (Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chałubińskiego St., 02-004 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Michał Filip

    (Department of Obstetrics and Pathology of Pregnancy, Medical University of Lublin, 16 Staszica St., 20-081 Lublin, Poland)

  • Robert Gałązkowski

    (Department of Emergency Medical Services, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 14/16 Litewska St., 00-575 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

Vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain are symptoms indicative of a threat to pregnancy that prompt women to seek assistance from health care professionals. The purpose of the study was to present the characteristics of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team interventions in cases of suspected miscarriage. The study involved a retrospective analysis of EMS team interventions in cases of suspected miscarriage carried out between January 2018 and December 2019 in Poland. Data obtained from Poland’s National Monitoring Center of Emergency Medical Services included emergency medical procedure records and EMS team dispatch records in electronic format. The mean patient age was 30.53 years. Most were primiparous (48.90%) and up to the 13th gestational week (76.65%). The most commonly reported symptom was vaginal bleeding (80.71%). EMS teams were most commonly dispatched in the winter (27.03%), between 7 A.M. and 6:59 P.M. (51.87%), in urban areas (69.23%), with urgency code 2 (55.60%), and in most cases, they transferred the patient to a hospital (97.53%). The present study addresses very important issues concerning the characteristics of Polish suspected miscarriage cases handled by different EMS team types, in different locations (urban vs. rural areas), and concerning patients in a different obstetric situation (gestational week, gravidity, parity). Our findings suggest a need for further studies in this field and for gestational health promotion activities to be implemented, specifically including actions to reduce the risk of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.

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  • Ewa Rzońca & Agnieszka Bień & Grażyna Bączek & Patryk Rzońca & Michał Filip & Robert Gałązkowski, 2021. "Suspected Miscarriage in the Experience of Emergency Medical Services Teams—Preliminary Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-10, November.
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    1. Tina Emond & Francine de Montigny & Laurence Guillaumie, 2019. "Exploring the needs of parents who experience miscarriage in the emergency department: A qualitative study with parents and nurses," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 28(9-10), pages 1952-1965, May.
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