Journal of Advanced Practices in Nursing

Pelikánova I

Publications

• Review Article
  Emergency and Common Medical Care and Security Measures for Persons in Migrant Camps in the Czech Republic
  Author(s): Pelikan A, Scurek R, Ptacek M and Pelikánova IPelikan A, Scurek R, Ptacek M and Pelikánova I
  
  Background: In reaction to the large increase of migrants in Europe in the year 2015, it was necessary to make some arrangements to reduce the security and social risks possibly ensuing from the migrant inflow into the Czech Republic. The migrant camps were established and several services started to be provided, including common and emergency medical care. The common medical care is provided by medical staff in camps, the ambulance services are provided by the local ambulance service on the basis of a special contract. Because of the increasing number of events when the ambulances were abused, it was necessary to limit the amount of such events. An unusual solution with checking the necessity of ambulance interventions was accepted with good results. Methods: The arrangement of verifying the legitimacy of the ambulance intervention was introduced and accepted after several cases of a.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2573-0347.1000111

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