During clinical training at the S. Eugenio Hospital casualty ward DEA in Rome, observed how the high number of medical interventions for non-urgent cases (labelled as “codice bianco” in the Italian Health System) increased the average waiting time for all patients, preventing the available structural and economic human resources from being correctly distributed. This experience originated the hypothesis of a research centred on observation and description, concerning the “ Analysis of the degree of functionality of First Aid admissions to a casualty ward”, followed by a project for a private practice nursery surgery as a possible new solution. This was thought also considering the revolutionary changes Nursery Sciences have been going through in the last years. As a sample for the research, all the patients registered as “codice bianco” in the period 01.01.2007 – 31.12.2007 were taken into account area and local GIPSE. The results the project is expected to attain are:
- an integration of medical activities involving the local hospital, the intervention
- a successful nursery care and basic health education easily accessible to patients and their families.
The project represents a first step towards the re-orientation of health care facilities from the hospital itself to the intervention area, to create a good alternative to the improper use of First Aid facilities.
My thesis work has shown how much experimentation, research and in-depth work is still needed.
On the other hand it is surprising to observe how the possibilities I have pointed out in it are little known and applied and how much the diffusion of this project is inexplicably contrasted.