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Epidemiologic features of medical emergencies in remote First Nations in northern Ontario: a cross-sectional descriptive study using air ambulance transport data.
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David VanderBurghSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
David W SavageSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont davevanderburgh@gmail.com.
Sacha DuboisSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Natalie BinguisSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Sadie MaxwellSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Natalie BockingSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Terri FarrellSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Homer TienSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Stephen D RitchieSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
Aaron OrkinSection of Emergency Medicine (VanderBurgh, Savage), Division of Clinical Sciences and Human Sciences Division (Dubois), Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Centre for Applied Health Research (Dubois), St. Joseph's Care Group; School of Nursing (Dubois), Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Lakehead University; Nishnawbe Aski Nation (Binguis), Thunder Bay, Ont.; Windigo First Nations Council (Maxwell); Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (Bocking, Farrell), Sioux Lookout, Ont.; Division of General Surgery (Tien), Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Human Kinetics (Ritchie), Faculty of Health and Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (Ritchie), Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Orkin), University of Toronto; Department of Emergency Medicine (Orkin), St. Joseph's Health Centre and Humber River Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
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Abstract
backgroundFor about 25 000 Ontarians living in remote northern First Nations communities, seeing a doctor in an emergency department requires flying in an airplane or helicopter. This study describes the demographic and epidemiologic characteristics of patients transported from these communities to access hospital-based emergency medical care.
methodsIn this cross-sectional descriptive study, we examined primary medical data on patient transportation from Ornge, the provincial medical air ambulance service provider, for 26 remote Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities in northern Ontario from 2012 to 2016. We described these transports using univariate descriptive statistics.
resultsOver the 5-year study period, 10 538 patients (mean 2107.6 per year) were transported by Ornge from the 26 communities. Transport incidence ranged from 9.2 to 9.5 per 100 on-reserve population per year. Women aged 65 years or more had the highest transport incidence (25.9 per 100). Girls aged 5-9 years had the lowest mean incidence (2.1 per 100). Gastrointestinal issues accounted for 13.3% of transfers. Neurologic issues, respiratory issues and trauma each accounted for about 11% of transfers, and cardiac issues for 9.6%. Patients with obstetric issues accounted for 7.6% of transfers per year, and toxicologic emergencies for 7.5%.
interpretationThis study provides the epidemiologic foundation to improve emergency care and emergency transport from remote First Nation communities in Ontario.
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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAir AmbulancesChildChild, PreschoolCross-Sectional StudiesEmergenciesEmergency Medical ServicesEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleGeography, MedicalHumansIncidenceInfant
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