Benefits of Effective Triage Within Rural Settings

Benefits of Effective Triage Within Rural Settings

Rural locations issues for medical emergencies

At the heart of rural-urban health disparities is the lack of access to quality health care. Rural communities often lack basic health care facilities and face a chronic shortage of doctors, nurses and emergency transport. Statistics show that 94% of urban areas within England live within a 20 minute walk of a GP practice, but only 19% of those in rural areas. Furthermore the travel time to the hospital is always evidently longer than urban communities, creating a dangerous combination.

How does Coremed monitor the patient? 

Metix Medical offers Coremed which is a lightweight, portable monitoring device that rapidly gathers a patient’s vital medical information. Coremed monitors ECG, blood pressure, temperature, oxygen in blood, heart rate and respiratory rate. The device also has technological advances which allow it to calculate the NEWS2 and Glasgow Coma Scale. Gaining accurate triage data that can be used by doctors and nurses to quickly diagnose patients from near and far.

How can Coremed help within rural locations?

This device would be crucial for rural area transport teams such as ambulances by constantly monitoring a person’s medical data and storing it both locally and in a remote monitoring platform in real time. Allowing ambulance staff to send the medical data to hospital staff, giving the clinician a better understanding of the care which will be needed allowing for better decision making once the patient is at the hospital. Thus, cutting down on the triage time and increasing the overall outcome of the patient.