Sɛ́ ɛna anaa agya no, ɛtɔ mmere bi a yentumi nhu nea yɛbɛyɛ bere a yɛn ba yare anaa wapira no. Yɛhaw yɛn ho. So abofra no hia aduruyɛ mu mmoa ntɛm ara, anaasɛ yebetumi atwɛn kakra? Sɛ yehia mmoa a ɛte saa a, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛkɔ `ER`, anaasɛ yɛkɔ yɛn abusua oduruyɛfo nkyɛn, anaa `Urgent Care` beae? Ebia wo nso wowɔ saa nsɛmmisa yi. Okay, momma yɛnka eyi ho asɛm pefee, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wubetumi ate nea ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ wɔ tebea horow mu ase.
Bere bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ wofrɛ ambulance adwumayɛbea a wɔhwɛ ntɛmpɛ so (te sɛ 1990)?
Sɛ yɛbɛka no tiawa a,
sɛ tebea a egye ntɛmpɛ a emu yɛ den a ebetumi de nkwa ato asiane mu si a, akyinnye biara nni ho sɛ ɛsɛ sɛ wofrɛ ambulance adwumayɛbea a ɛhwɛ ntɛmpɛ so te sɛ 1990. Efisɛ, ɛtɔ mmere bi a, ebia abofra no behia nnuruyɛfo a wɔatete no mmoa kosi sɛ obedu ayaresabea. Wɔ nsɛm a ɛtete saa mu no, sɛ wonya saa mmoa no wɔ ambulance no so pɛɛ a, ebetumi aboa kɛse ma wɔagye abofra no nkwa. Fa no sɛ biribi a ɛte sɛɛ si a, ntwentwɛn wo nan ase sekan biako mpo:
- Sɛ wo ba no ntumi nhome anaasɛ ɔdan bruu a ... Oh me Nyame, eyi yɛ asiane kɛse.
- Sɛ wohwe ase wɔ baabi na w’adwene fi wo so , sɛ́ wobɔ wo ti anaa baabi foforo no, yɛ ho biribi ntɛm.
- Sɛ abofra no renya akisikuru a, ɛno kyerɛ sɛ wanya akisikuru .
- Sɛ wowɔ allergic reaction a emu yɛ den a , ɛtɔ mmere bi a ebetumi ato biribi a wudi anaasɛ nkoekoemmoa a wɔaka wo. Ebetumi ayɛ den sɛ wobɛhome, ebia wo nipadua nyinaa so akisikuru , anaasɛ w’anofafa betumi ahonhon. Eyi yɛ nea asiane wom.
- Sɛ dompe bi abubu na ɛrepue afa honam ani a, wɔfrɛ no ``Open Fracture '' . Eyi nso yɛ opira a emu yɛ den yiye.
- Sɛ wo ba no anom aduru anaa nnuru bi a onnim dodo na ɛyɛ den ma no sɛ ɔbɛkanyan no a , ɛtɔ mmere bi a mmofra nkumaa tumi de nneɛma a wɔn nsa betumi aka ahyɛ wɔn anom.
- Choking yɛ bere a biribi akɔhyɛ menewa mu . Ebetumi ayɛ aduan asinasin anaa agode ketewaa bi.
- Sɛ woatwitwa kɛse na wuntumi nnyae mogya a .
Wɔ tebea a ɛte saa mu no, mma wo ho nnyɛ wo hu, frɛ 1990 ntɛm na kyerɛkyerɛ tebea no mu. Wɔbɛma wo akwankyerɛ a ɛho hia na wɔde ambulance akɔma wo ntɛm ara.
Bere bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛkɔ `ETU` (Emergency Treatment Unit)?
Daa a wɔhwɛ wɔn a wɔwɔ yare a egye ntɛmpɛ a wɔsan frɛ no ER no betumi asa nyarewa ne opira a emu yɛ den yiye. Wɔwɔ hɔ nnɔnhwerew 24 da biara, nnafua 7 dapɛn biara de di tebea biara a egye ntɛmpɛ ho dwuma. Ɛyɛ papa sɛ wode wo ba bɛkɔ ER wɔ tebea horow a edidi so yi mu:
- Sɛ ɛyɛ den ma wo sɛ wobɛhome a . Eyi kyerɛ sɛ wote nka sɛ woreyɛ ahurututu , anaasɛ sɛ wo koko te sɛ nea ɛrekɔ w’ahurututu mu bere a worehome no.
- Sɛ nna a ɛnteɛ ba anaasɛ adwene mu tebea sesa a, nneɛma a abofra no ka mpo betumi asesa.
- Sɛ wowɔ atiridiinini ka wo menewam a ɛyɛ wo yaw ho a , ɛtɔ mmere bi a eyi betumi ayɛ yare bi a emu yɛ den kɛse te sɛ amemene mu atiridiinini ho sɛnkyerɛnne .
- Sɛ koma no bɔ ntɛmntɛm a, wɔfrɛ no ``Tachycardia`` .
- Sɛ wususuw anaasɛ wugye di sɛ abofra no anom biribi a awuduru wom , nnubɔne bi, anaa biribi a wonnim a .
- Sɛ wo ti apira na wokɔ so fe a . Ɛnyɛ hwee sɛ wobɛfe pɛnkoro anaa mprenu bere a woapira wo ti akyi, nanso sɛ ɛkɔ so a, ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ aso.
- Sɛ w’ani apira kɛse , te sɛ nea wɔatow anaasɛ wɔabɔ wo a, kɔ ER ntɛm ara.
- Sɛ wowɔ ɔhyew a emu yɛ den , sɛ́ efi nsu a ɛyɛ hyew anaa ogya mu a, sɛ ɛyɛ ɔhyew kɛse a, wuhia aduruyɛ ho afotu titiriw.
Bere bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfrɛ yɛn abusua oduruyɛfo?
Wubetumi ne w’abusua oduruyɛfo (Primary Care Provider) akasa afa
akwahosan ho haw biara a ɛtaa nyɛ ntɛm, nanso ɛhaw wo ho. Obetumi de afotu ama wo na wakyerɛ wo nea ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ. Wo ne wo duruyɛfo nkasa mfa nneɛma te sɛ:
- Sɛ wowɔ atiridiinini (titiriw nea ɛtra hɔ bɛboro nna abien anaa abiɛsa).
- Sɛ wowɔ aso a ɛyɛ wo yaw a .
- Sɛ wo menewa mu yɛ wo yaw a .
- Sɛ wo yafunu yɛ wo yaw a .
- Sɛ ɔfe anaa akisikuru wɔ hɔ a (eyi betumi ayɛ asiane titiriw ama nkokoaa nkumaa).
- Ti a ɛyɛ yaw a ɛkɔ so daa .
- Sɛ worehu sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow a ɛkyerɛ sɛ nsu a ɛho ayɛ fĩ (ano a ɛyɛ kusuu, w’ani a akɔ fam, nsu a ɛba wo mu a ɛso tew).
- Sɛ akisikuru bi wɔ nipadua no so a .
- Sɛ wote abɛn nnyigyei bere a worehome a .
- Ɔfe a ɛkɔ so daa .
Sɛ wo ne wo ba no oduruyɛfo a ɔhwɛ no daa kasa wɔ mmere te sɛ eyi mu a, ɛboa ma wohwɛ hu sɛ "wɔkɔ so hwɛ no." Eyi kyerɛ sɛ wobɛkɔ so anya ɔhwɛ afi oduruyɛfo a onim wo ne wo ba no yiye hɔ. Obenya wo ba no akwahosan ho abakɔsɛm ho ntease pa.
Nneɛma ahorow bɛn na wobetumi asa wɔ Urgent Care Center?
Fa no sɛ wuntumi nkɔ w’abusua oduruyɛfo nkyɛn, anaasɛ wɔato wo duruyɛfo adwumayɛbea mu. Sɛ ɛba saa a, wobɛtumi ahwehwɛ aduruyɛ mmoa afiri `Urgent Care Center`. Saa `Urgent Care Center` yi nso betumi asa tebea koro no ara pii a w'abusua oduruyɛfo sa no. Wobetumi nso de nnwuma te sɛ `X-rays`, `Stitches`, ne `Splints` ama ama akisikuru. Nneɛma afoforo a wobetumi asa no bi ne:
- Mpaapaemu nketenkete : Ɛnyɛ abubuw kɛse, te sɛ mpaapaemu ketewaa bi kɛse.
- Ɔhyew nketenkete .
- Nneɛma a wɔtaa twa .
- Sɛ biribi te sɛ nsɔe akɔka wo ho a, yi fi hɔ (Splinter Removal) .
- Akisikuru ne agumadi mu opira afoforo .
- Mmoa a wɔtwetwe ne nea ɛka wɔn nketenkete . Nanso sɛ ɔkraman anaa ɔkraman aka wo denneennen na wapira kɛse a, ɛbɛyɛ papa sɛ wobɛkɔ ER.
- Huraeɛ .
- Yafunu mu yaw .
- Ɔfe anaa akisikuru .
Dɛn ne `Telehealth` (akyirikyiri aduruyɛ adwuma)? So ebetumi aboa?
Mprempren, ɔkwan bi wɔ hɔ a wobɛfa so ne oduruyɛfo "abɔ" wɔ opira nketenkete ne nyarewa pii ho afi wo fon anaa kɔmputa so. Wɔfrɛ eyi `Telehealth` anaa `Telemedicine` (akyirikyiri aduruyɛ adwuma). Ɛnam `App` a ɛwɔ wo fon so so no, wobɛtumi ne oduruyɛfoɔ akasa anim ne anim -
na oduruyɛfoɔ no mpo bɛtumi ahunu wo ne wo ba. W'abusua oduruyɛfoɔ anaa ayaresabea nhyehyɛeɛ a worenya ayaresa no bɛtumi de saa `Telemedicine` dwumadie yi ama. Susuw `Telemedicine` ho wɔ tebea horow te sɛ eyinom mu:
- Nsu a ɛyɛ mmerɛw .
- Ntwitwiridii nketenkete anaa ɔhyew .
- Aniwa no yɛ kɔkɔɔ, te sɛ nea ɛwɔ aniwa mu yare (conjunctivitis) .
- Atiridiinini a ɛtaa ba .
- Atiridii (nanso sɛ ɛyɛ atiridiinini kɛse, a sɛnkyerɛnne afoforo ka ho a, eye sɛ wobɛkɔ oduruyɛfo nkyɛn).
- Nneyɛe a Ɛnyɛ Den a Ɛma Nnipa Ho Yɛ Den .
- Ɔfe a wɔfe .
- Ayamtuo .
Ade a ɛho hia sen biara ne sɛ, sɛ́ ebia wo ba no nya ayaresa wɔ ER, Urgent Care Center, anaasɛ ɛnam telemedicine so no, hwɛ hu sɛ wo ne w’abusua oduruyɛfo bedi akyi wɔ ɛno akyi. Saa kwan no so no, oduruyɛfo no betumi ayɛ wo ba no akwahosan ho nsɛm foforo na watoa ayaresa biara a ɛho hia so.
Nneɛma a ɛho hia sen biara a ɛsɛ sɛ wokae (Take-Home Message) .
Okay, enti ɛfiri deɛ yɛaka ho asɛm no mu no, mewɔ anidasoɔ sɛ ɛda adi pefee ama wo berɛ ne sɛdeɛ wobɛhwehwɛ aduruyɛ mmoa ama abofra.
- Sɛ biribi a egye ntɛmpɛ a ɛde nkwa to asiane mu (te sɛ ahome a ɛyɛ tiaa, adwenem naayɛ, anaa mogya a ɛtɔ kɛse) , frɛ 1990 ntɛm ara .
- Wɔ tebea a egye ntɛmpɛ a emu yɛ den a enhia sɛ wɔde ambulance (a ɛpaapae kɛse, kɔn a ɛyɛ den a atiridiinini kɛse wom, ɛyɛ den sɛ wobɛhome) , kɔ ER a ɛbɛn wo no nkyɛn .
- Sɛ wopɛ akwahosan tebea horow a ɛwɔ hɔ nyinaa ne da biara da haw ahorow a, wo ne w’abusua oduruyɛfo nkasa . Ɔno na onim wo ne wo ba no yiye.
- `Urgent Care Center` betumi ayɛ nea mfaso wɔ so ama ntɛmpɛ nketenkete (te sɛ ``X-ray'' a wobɛfa anaasɛ wobɛbɔ wo ho ketewaa bi) bere a wuntumi nkɔ w'abusua oduruyɛfo nkyɛn .
- Wɔ nyarewa nketenkete paa ho no, seesei `Telehealth` dwumadie bi wɔ hɔ a ɛma wotumi nya afotuo firi fie .
Nea ɛho hia sen biara ne sɛ, sɛ wowɔ wo ba no ho adwenem naayɛ anaa ehu bi a, ntwentwɛn wo nan ase da sɛ wobɛhwehwɛ aduruyɛ mu afotu. Ɛtɔ mmere bi a, sɛ ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ ade ketewaa mpo a, ebetumi ayɛ biribi a anibere wom mfiase. Mpɛn pii no, wo maame anaa wo papa nkate a wubetie no ne ɔkwan a eye sen biara a wobɛfa so.
Ɛyɛ ade a ɛfata sɛ wobɛte dadwen nka bere a wo ba yare no. Nanso sɛ saa nsɛm yi wɔ w’adwenem a, wubetumi asi gyinae a ɛfata ntɛm na wode ɔhwɛ a eye sen biara ama wo ba. Ɛsɛ sɛ obiara nya apɔwmuden!
Ntɛmntɛm Ɔhwɛ, Mmofra Akwahosan, Aduruyɛ mu Afotu, ER, Ntɛmntɛm Ɔhwɛ, Telehealth, Sri Lanka
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