The Emergency Department of the HLA San Carlos Records a large number of cases of cooling diseases in the last month. The common cold, tonsillitis, pharyngitis and bronchitis are the most diagnostic pathologies, and more than 600 cases are treated in the HLA San Carlos. To this data is united, "that the largest number of visits has been pediatric, because children, when they are young, their immune system is not fully developed, therefore they can suffer this type of infection several times a year", Explain from the Hospital.
These diseases, although they are more common of the winter, usually arrive with the spring, due to abrupt changes of temperature, and that causes that it is confused with allergy. From the HLA San Carlos report that, to differentiate them, "Colds appear for a limited time and constantly, and not in an interfered and prolonged way, such as allergies".
In adults, although the pathologies of cooling together have also been the most common, "The most diagnosed disease has been cervicalgia, which together with muscle contractures, account for 8% of those who have come to the emergency room", Comment the HLA medical professionals.
Patient Care
From HLA San Carlos, they explain that in the emergency room there are up to five levels of severity of the situation, from the highest priority of the 1 level, with immediate life risk, to the 5 level, where less urgent or non-urgent situations occur, and sometimes Are problems that do not require any diagnostic or therapeutic exploration.
"Patients spend in the center 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", Say the doctors.
New technologies to know the real time of waiting
In addition, in order to avoid unnecessary waiting, the San Carlos center, in Dénia and in Jávea, has an SMS service so that the patient can be informed about the actual waiting time in the Emergency Department before attending, Just sending a text message to 215757 with the word Urgency.
According to Dr. Moncho LLopis, specialist in this service, "Around 10% of patients who go to the emergency room could have prevented this situation by going to the GP before, so it is essential to go to a professional when the first symptoms and prevent the disease is complicated".
Contact Hospital San Carlos Grupo HLA
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| (966) 470 162 | |
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| From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 20 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m. (General medicine and nursing). Emergencies in Hospital San Carlos Dénia. | |
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