HLA San Carlos Stresses that they have treated more than 600 different cases in their emergency department, in this last month, related to diseases of cooling, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, nasofaringuitos (common cold) and bronchitis.
The hospital blames the confidence of the spring climate, since we started to take our first dip on the beach and also the temperatures are pleasant in the day but at night temperatures drop, catching us unprepared.
Since April, the most common pediatric consultations have occurred in children under one year, since their immune system is not fully developed and can suffer infections several times a year. While in adults, there is more cervicalgia, which together with muscle contractures add up to 8% of cases of patients in the emergency room.
If something stands out San Carlos Office Is that 10% of these queries could be avoided. Most affected are classified as 3 (urgent but stable) and 4 (less urgent and life-threatening) on an 5 scale. According to Dr. Moncho LLopis, specialist in this service, "Around the 10% of patients who come to the emergency room could have avoided this situation by going to the family doctor before". For this reason, it is essential to go to a professional when we are presented with the first symptoms, to prevent the disease from becoming complicated and to face something more serious.
A technological tool that helps the agility of the consultation
"Patients spend in the San Carlos hospital an average of 40 minutes since they are registered at the admission desk until the doctor gives them their discharge report, both at home and destined to hospital admission", Explains the specialist. In addition, the center, to avoid unnecessary waits, has an SMS service so that the patient is informed about the actual waiting time in the Emergency Department before going, just sending a text message to 215757 with the word 'urgency' '.
The computerized medical history system of San Carlos, Green Cube, is available throughout the healthcare network and is also used in the External Consultations of Jávea, Which allows the coordination of its professionals with the Emergency Department of Denia for a more agile and efficient care of these cases, offering priority assistance to the patients that are derived.
At present, the Dianense center has a physical and local presence, 24 hours for general adult emergency, critical care, anesthesiology and resuscitation, orthopedic and orthopedic surgery, and general surgery and apparatus digestive. In the case of pediatric care, they are served in a wide schedule from Monday to Friday, and somewhat more restricted on holidays and weekends.
