Resumen

RODRIGUEZ SUAREZ, Gabriel; LEAL OLIVER, Antonio  y  RODRIGUEZ FERNANDEZ, Félix. Impact of the classification system by applying color codes in orthopedic emergency. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 2001, vol.15, n.1-2, pp. 22-26. ISSN 1561-3100.

Orthopedics and Traumatology are among the first medical and surgical specialities demanding attention at the emergency services, which are a propitious setting for injured persons and for those suffering from a degenerative disease causing pain. How to administer human and material resources to meet these needs is precisely the main objective of this paper. A descriptive and retrospective study on the morbidity of emergencies generated by specialities from January to December, 1999, was conducted taking into account the international coding of diseases and the tables of color codes made in our center. All the information was collected and processed at the statistics department of our hospital, according to the SPSS program, version 8.0 for Windows. It was concluded that the classification of the patients at the emergency service by using the color code influenced on the reduction of the daily average of cases, with the subsequent decrease of the total number of cases attended during the analyzed period. Besides, this helps to know in an inmediate way the fluctuations of morbidity. Breaches are finally established to reduce even more the non urgent consultations (green codes) that produce an unjustified demand in these places.

Palabras clave : EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES [methods]; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIVE; MORBIDITY.

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