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KMID : 0385920040150040248
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Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2004 Volume.15 No. 4 p.248 ~ p.253
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Basic Data for Establishing the Emergency Plan to a Forty-hour workweek
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박정근/Park CK
임경수/강희동/손유동/오범진/김원/이부수/안력/홍은석/Lim KS/Kang HD/Sohn YD/Oh BJ/Kim W/Lee BS/Ahn R/Hong ES
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Abstract
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B a c k g r o u n d: Large hospitals should execute the forty-hour
workweek from July 2004 as a matter of laws. Some institutes
have used this system as the concept of five-day
workweek since 2 years ago. To prepare for the forty-hour
workweek effectively, all emergency physicians and headquarters
of hospitals should make plans from this time.
M e t h o d: We analyzed the emergency patients who visited
the ER on two consecutive work-free days and ordinary
days of last year. The number of patients, final results, such
as admission or home discharge, the clinics participating in
emergency care, and other components were analyzed
according to two consecutive work-free days and the ordinary
days.
R e s u l t: The number of emergency patients who visited ER
during the two consecutive work-free days was increased
by 39.5∼100.8% compared to the ordinary days. Although
the number of emergency patients was larger during these
days, the admission rate was lowered by 3.8 ∼1 4 . 5 % .
Patients who were cared for by an emergency physician or
a pediatric physician were markedly larger during the two
consecutive work-free days, and the patients cared by an
internal medicine were lower.
C o n c l u s i o n: To care for the emergency patients more
effectively during the two consecutive work-free days in the
forty-hour workweek system, we should increase the number
of emergency physicians and pediatric physicians, and
space for fast track and pediatric emergency care should
be secured.
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KEYWORD
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Workloads, Employee, Emergency, Emergency Service
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