Monday 19 August 2013

Discover The Basics Of Ambulatory Services

By Helga Stokes


Ambulatory services are the medical intervention procedures that victims of emergency disasters receive after traumatic experiences. These threatening events are such as disease outbreaks, floods, fire outbreaks and other disasters that need urgent medical attention. Over the decades, medical specialists have established various agencies that offer disaster management services that attend to emergencies.

Before a facility is certified there are a couple of factors that need to be considered in order to ensure that the ambulatory care offered is of good quality. These factors are such as sufficient protective equipments, proper means of transport, sampling tools, proper storage facilities, containment facility, a team of trained employees and a constant flow of funds.

Proper means of transportation is critical for it is the means of navigation that agencies are able to reach the victims of the emergency situations on time. Therefore, it really helps when an agency that offers this service has the means to not only navigate through road by also through water and air. Its through this that patients can easily be attended to no matter the location they are in.

Also, adequate protective equipments are crucial in enhancing the safety of the team conduction the ambulatory care as well as the victims who may suffer further damage from the threatening conditions. Some of these equipments include life jackets, helmets, and oxygen kits, among other equipments that are meant to ensure that the safety of both the staff and that of the victims is assured.

Additionally, a containment facility is extremely useful in ensuring that the public is not infected in cases whereby the victims of the emergency situation are contaminated. Basically, as much as it is their task to protect victims of various disasters, it is also their responsibility to ensure that they do not pass any contamination to the public if they are infect; besides, it is a protocol enforced by the public health department.

Additionally, proper and adequate medical equipments such as sampling and storage appliances are critically considered when putting up these facilities. With this, proper assessments can be made and the cause of the disaster can be determined so as to the best medication for the victims. Also, proper storage of field samples and the medical supplies is vital as it plays a critical part in the treatment.

Finally, the competency of the team that conducts the field work is very crucial as they are responsible for the tasks that save the lives of the victims. For this, they ought to be well trained on how to handle victims and at least have communication skills which helps in sourcing information from the victims when conducting the assessments.

Ambulatory services are considered a very important aspect in public health as they play a critical role in saving lives by attending to emergency situations. Given the numerous numbers of agencies that have been put up in the past few years, quality should be highly considered as the choices that are made are usually a matter of life and death.




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