Mobile medical unit to treat injuries without going to the emergency room

Doctor and Nurse from Haguenau created three months ago (early January) the first “mobile medical unit“Northern Bas-Rhin. In this geographical area, they intervene directly in your home, in a sports meeting place, or in an EHPAD, to treat patients with traumatic problems. This means those who have just fallen, burned themselves, injured themselves – a way to avoid having to These patients to go to the emergency room and thus try to untie them.

This is what prompted Thomas Brisson, founder of the University of Muhammadiyah Malang. This doctor has been working for years In many emergency departments Sometimes saturated. “I’ve worked for 10 years in the emergency room and I think the state or the patients are all aware of the large influx of patients, so I wanted to find a solution to possibly reduce the flow through early stage patient careHe explains.

So Thomas Bryson and his fellow nurse came up with the idea to buy a truck and a portable X-ray machine.€150,000 With a very specific goal: to be able to diagnose and then treat fractures, cuts, dislocations or burns without going to the emergency room. “This allows people who find it difficult to go to the emergency room to be treated right away. We do an x-ray on the patient’s bed and we make a plaster on the trauma siteThe doctor explains.

“For example, we are often called in nursing homes for falls. With my nursing colleague, we will do an x-ray. If there is a fracture, we will do a cast before the follow-up procedure.” continued.

The medical unit has already been implemented a hundred interference In three months of existence. Patients appreciate Thomas Bryson explains:We are amazed to see the welcome, and the kindness of the patients, perhaps because they are less stressed than they are in the emergency room. It’s very rewarding. For the same practice, we have another relationship with patients” He said.

UMM treats only trauma-related injuries (burns, dislocations, fractures, sprains, cuts, muscle-tendon lesions), so as not to compete with SOS doctors or general practitioners. The unit travels every day except Wednesdays (including Saturdays and Sundays) on a strip ranging from Strasbourg Eurometropolis to Haguenau via Kochersberg.

INTERVENTION AT HOME OR IN EHPAD UMM It costs 60 euros But there is your Social Security and mutual coverage if you have one. “Whole-home care ultimately costs the community less than going to the emergency room.Dr. Bryson says.

EHPADs nurses in the sector have already noticed the mobile unit’s phone number. Just like many liberal nurses. Individuals can also contact UMM if needed. To find contact details, You can click here.