So wo ba no yare? Bere bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ wohwehwɛ aduruyɛ mu afotu ne ɛhe? (Aduruyɛ Ho Akwankyerɛ) .

Sɛ́ ɛna anaa agya no, ɛtɔ mmere bi a ebia wubehu sɛ woresusuw ho sɛ, "Oo me nyame, so ɛsɛ sɛ mede me ba ketewa no kɔ oduruyɛfo nkyɛn mprempren ara? Anaasɛ metumi atwɛn kakra?" Ɛyɛ ade a ɛfata sɛ wobɛte ehu nka kakra wɔ mmere a ɛte saa mu. Nanso ɛho hia sɛ wuhu bere ne baabi a wobɛhwehwɛ aduruyɛ mu afotu a wommɔ hu. Momma yɛnka eyi ho asɛm nkɔ akyiri nnɛ, ɛyɛ?

Bere bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfrɛ 1990 Suwaseriya ntɛm ara?

Tebea horow bi wɔ hɔ, a ɛyɛ aniberesɛm ankasa , na ɛnyɛ papa sɛ yebebu yɛn ani agu so asusuw sɛ ɛyɛ biribi ketewaa bi. Wɔ tebea a ɛte saa mu no, sɛ́ anka wobɛpere wo ho afi fie akɔ oduruyɛfo nkyɛn a wo ba no te kar mu no, eye ma abofra no nkwa sɛ ɔbɛkɔ ayaresabea denam nnuruyɛfo a wɔatete wɔn ne nneɛma a ɛho hia a wɔde bɛboa no so. Wɔ Sri Lanka no, yɛwɔ nɔma bi a yebetumi afrɛ de ahwehwɛ mmoa a yɛrenkyɛ sekan biako mpo wɔ tebea a egye ntɛmpɛ a ɛte saa mu, na ɛno ne 1990 Suwaseriya Ambulance Service . Ɛho hia paa sɛ wobɛ `sie` saa nɔma yi wɔ wo fon mu. Efisɛ, sɛ wopere wo ho hwehwɛ nɔma no wɔ tebea a egye ntɛmpɛ mu a, wubetumi asɛe bere. Afei momma yɛnhwɛ tebea horow a ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfrɛ 1990 ntɛm ara :

• Sɛ wo ba no nhome , ɛte sɛ nea ɛyɛ den ma no sɛ ɔbɛhome, anaasɛ ɛte sɛ nea ɔredan bruu , eyi yɛ tebea a asiane wom kɛse.
• Sɛ akokoaa no hwe ase na n’adwene mu yɛ no naa , sɛ wɔbɔ wɔn ti bere a wɔredi agoru a, ebetumi aba.
• Sɛ akokoaa bi nya akisikuru mpofirim a , ɛno kyerɛ sɛ wɔn nipadua wosow, wɔn akwaa wosow, na ebia wɔn adwene mpo betumi afi wɔn adwenem.
• Sɛ wowɔ akisikuru a emu yɛ den , te sɛ nnuan bi, nnuru, anaa nkoekoemmoa a wɔwe wo ho a, wubetumi ahu sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow te sɛ ahome a ɛyɛ den, akisikuru, ne w’ano ne w’ano a ɛho ahonhon.
• Sɛ dompe bi bubu na ɛte sɛ nea ɛrepue afi honam ani a , eyi nso yɛ opira a emu yɛ den yiye.
• Sɛ akokoaa no anom nnuru bi dodo, biribi a wonnim, na afei ɛyɛ den sɛ wobɛkanyan no sɛ wo ne no kasa mpo a .
• Sɛ akokoaa no biribi akɔhyɛ ne menewam na ɛreyɛ den sɛ ɔbɛhome a .
• Sɛ wuntumi nnyae mogya a efi kuru kɛse bi mu ba a .

Wɔ tebea a ɛte sɛɛ mu no, nsusuw nneɛma ho mprenu. Frɛ 1990 ntɛm ara . Wɔbɛba wo nkyɛn ntɛm, na wɔde afotu titiriw a wuhia ama wo.

Bere bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛde akokoaa no kɔ ayaresabea hɔ Emergency Treatment Unit (ETU) tẽẽ ?

Ayaresabea dan a wɔhwɛ ntɛmpɛ, a wɔsan frɛ no ER (Emergency Room), anaa ED (Emergency Department) yɛ beae a wubetumi asa nyarewa ne akwanhyia a emu yɛ den ntɛm. Wɔwɔ hɔ nnɔnhwerew 24 da biara, awia anaa anadwo, de di tebea horow a ɛde nkwa to asiane mu ho dwuma.Wɔ tebea horow yi mu no, ɛbɛyɛ papa sɛ wode wo ba no bɛkɔ ayaresabea dan a wɔhwɛ wɔn a wɔwɔ yare a egye ntɛmpɛ mu tẽẽ:

• Sɛ ɛyɛ den ma wo sɛ wobɛhome (nanso ahunahuna biara nni hɔ ntɛm ara sɛ wobɛfrɛ 1990, nanso ɛte sɛ nea tebea no yɛ aniberesɛm).
• Sɛ akokoaa no da wɔ ɔkwan soronko so , anaasɛ ɔrekasa anaa ɔreyɛ n’ade wɔ ɔkwan a ɛyɛ nwonwa so a, wɔfrɛ no `(adwene mu naayɛ)`.
• Sɛ wowɔ atiridiinini a ne kɔn mu yɛ den a ɛma ɛyɛ den sɛ wobɛdan wo kɔn akɔ ɔfã biako a , ɛtɔ mmere bi a eyi betumi ayɛ tebea bi a emu yɛ den kɛse te sɛ amemene mu atiridiinini ho sɛnkyerɛnne.
• Sɛ wo koma te nka sɛ ɛrebɔ denneennen bere nyinaa a .
• Sɛ wususuw sɛ woanom biribi a awuduru wom, nnubɔne bi a wunnim, anaa biribi foforo a ɛmfata a .
• Sɛ wobɔ wo ti na wofe bere koro mu a , eyi yɛ sɛnkyerɛnne a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ebia biribi asi wɔ wo tirim.
• Sɛ aniwa no apira kɛse a . Aniwa yɛ akwaa a ɛyɛ mmerɛw yiye.
• Sɛ ɔhyew mu opira kɛse bi wɔ hɔ a .

Kae sɛ, sɛ woyɛ ade ntɛm wɔ bere a ɛte sɛɛ mu a, ebetumi agye abofra no nkwa anaasɛ asiw akwahosan ho haw ahorow a ɛtra hɔ kyɛ ano.

Enti, bere bɛn na ɛsɛ sɛ yɛfrɛ yɛn abusua oduruyɛfo?

Sɛ wo ne wo ba no wɔ akwahosan ho haw ketewaa bi, anaasɛ wopɛ sɛ wuhu biribi a ɛte sɛ nea egye ntɛmpɛ kɛse ho asɛm, nanso wowɔ adwenem naayɛ anaa ehu bi a, ade a eye sen biara a wobɛyɛ ne sɛ wo ne wo duruyɛfo anaa ɔyarehwɛfo a woyɛ no daa a onim wo ba no bɛkasa. Ebia ɔbɛka akyerɛ wo sɛ, "Momma yɛnyɛ eyi," "Momma yɛnhwɛ eyi," anaa "Dabi, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛhwɛ eyi, san bra ntɛm." Fa no sɛ, sɛ wokɔ oduruyɛfo koro nkyɛn bere nyinaa a, obehu wo ba no nyarewa, nnuru a wɔde ama no bere bi a atwam, ne n’akwahosan ho abakɔsɛm yiye. Wɔ aduruyɛ mu no, yɛfrɛ eyi ‘ɔhwɛ a ɛkɔ so.’ Ɛno kyerɛ sɛ wobɛkɔ so anya ayaresa afi obi a onim wo ne wo ba no yiye hɔ. Eyi ho hia yiye, efisɛ afei wɔkwati nhwehwɛmu a ɛho nhia ne nnuru a ɛho nhia, na ayaresa no nso di yiye kɛse. Tebea horow bi a ɛtaa ba, nanso ɛhaw adwene, a ɛsɛ sɛ wo ne wo duruyɛfo kasa fa ho ni:

• Sɛ atiridii wɔ hɔ (titiriw wɔ nkokoaa nkumaa mu a, ɛsɛ sɛ wohwɛ yiye wɔ atiridiinini ho).
• Sɛ wowɔ aso a ɛyɛ wo yaw a .
• Menewa a ɛyɛ yaw .
• Yafunu mu yaw .
• Sɛ wowɔ ɔfe anaa akisikuru a .
• Sɛ woreda sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow a ɛkyerɛ sɛ ebia nsu atɔ wo mu adi (anom a ɛyɛ kusuu, nsu a ɛba wo mu so tew, w’ani a akɔ fam).
• Sɛ wowɔ akisikuru wɔ wo nipadua so a.
• Sɛ woyɛ nnyigyei a ɛyɛ hu bere a worehome a (wheezing) .
• Sɛ ɔfe no wɔ hɔ nna pii a.

Wɔ mmere te sɛ eyi mu no, oduruyɛfoNyansa wom sɛ wobɛkasa na woahwehwɛ afotu.

Sɛ yentumi nkɔ yɛn duruyɛfo nkyɛn a, so yebetumi akɔ baabi a wɔhwɛ wɔn a egye ntɛmpɛ?

Fa no sɛ wuntumi nkɔ wo duruyɛfo nkyɛn, wɔato n’ayaresabea mu, anaasɛ egye bere tenten ansa na woayɛ nhyehyɛe, nanso wo ba no rehyia ɔhaw. Ɛnde dɛn na woyɛ? Wɔ tebea a ɛte saa mu no, yebetumi asusuw ‘Ayarehwɛbea a Ɛho Hia Ntɛmntɛm’ ho . Eyinom yɛ ayaresabea ahorow koro no ara a wo duruyɛfo a wotaa kɔ hɔ no hu no, nanso wɔwɔ mmeae pii kakra. Sɛ nhwɛso no, mmeae bi betumi ayɛ nneɛma te sɛ X-ray , nhama a wɔde pam apirakuru nketenkete, ne nhama a wɔde kyekyere nsa a abubu. Eyinom nyɛ akɛse na ɛnyɛ nea ɛyɛ soronko te sɛ ɔman ayaresabea kɛse bi dwumadibea a wɔhwɛ ntɛmpɛ so (ER). Nanso wɔyɛ beae pa a wobetumi anya nneɛma ne nnwuma pii sen ‘ayaresabea’ a wɔyɛ no daa, titiriw ma tebea horow a egye ntɛmpɛ a enhia sɛ wɔtwɛn bere tenten nanso ɛnyɛ nea ɛde nkwa to asiane mu. Ankorankoro ayaresabea ahorow bi a ɛwɔ Sri Lanka wɔ ayaresabea ahorow a wɔhwɛ ayarefo a wɔda ayaresabea nnɔnhwerew 24 (OPD) anaa mmeae nketewa a wɔhwɛ ayarefo a wɔwɔ ntɛmpɛ so (ETU) . Nneɛma bi a wubetumi akɔ wɔ Urgent Care Center ni:

• Simple fractures (nea ɛnsɛe honam ani).
• Ɔhyew nketenkete .
• Ntwitwiridii (ɛnyɛ kɛse dodo, wobetumi asiw mogya a ɛretu no so).
• Yi nneɛma a ano yɛ nnam te sɛ nsɔe bere a akɔhyɛ mu no .
• Apirakuru nketenkete ne agumadi mu opira nketenkete afoforo.
• Mmoa a wɔaka wɔn akuru nketenkete (titiriw a efi akraman ne mpataa hɔ).
• Nneɛma te sɛ atiridiinini, yafunu mu yaw, ɔfe, akisikuru, ne nea ɛkeka ho, bere a wuntumi nkɔ wo duruyɛfo nkyɛn no.

So wuntumi ne oduruyɛfo nkasa wɔ telefon so na wunnya nnuru? (Momma yensua Telehealth ho ade)

Ahotɔ kɛse foforo a yɛwɔ mprempren wɔ mfiridwuma ho ne `Telehealth` . Nnipa binom nso frɛ eyi `Telemedicine` . Sɛ yɛbɛka no tiawa a, eyi yɛ ɔkwan a wobɛfa so ne oduruyɛfo akasa afi wo fie, de wo fon anaa `kɔmputa` adi dwuma, ebia denam video so frɛ so, akyerɛ wo ba, akyerɛkyerɛ sɛnkyerɛnne ahorow no mu, na woanya aduruyɛ mu afotu. Eyi ho wɔ mfaso kɛse ma nyarewa nketenkete te sɛ opira nketenkete, atiridiinini, ne ɔfe wɔ wo ba mu, anaa bere a ɛyɛ den sɛ wobɛkɔ oduruyɛfo nkyɛn. Nanso kae sɛ eyi nyɛ adwuma mma tebea horow a emu yɛ den . Wubetumi nso ahwɛ sɛ oduruyɛfo a wotaa kɔ ne nkyɛn anaa ayaresabea nhyehyɛe a worenya ayaresa no de `(Telemedicine)` nnwuma ma anaa. Ebia wobɛtumi anya saa dwumadie yi wɔ wɔn `wɛbsite` anaasɛ ɛnam `app` so. Tebea horow bi a wobetumi afa `Telemedicine` so asa:

• Honam ani akisikuru .
• KumaaNtwitwa anaa ɔhyew.
• Aniwa mu yare (pinkeye / aniwa mu yare) .
• Atiridiinini .
• Atiridii (gye sɛ sɛnkyerɛnne afoforo a emu yɛ den ka ho).
• Nneɛma a ɛma obi ho yɛ no hyew a ɛnyɛ den .
• Ɔfe, akisikuru (gye sɛ nsu a ɛwɔ nipadua no mu).

Enti, momma yɛnkae yɛn ho kɛkɛ wɔ nea yɛkaa ho asɛm no?

So ɛho nhia paa sɛ wubehu nea ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ ntɛm ne baabi a ɛsɛ sɛ wokɔ bere a wo ba no yare, a woremmɔ hu?

Sɛ w’adwene mu yɛ wo naa, sɛ wohaw wo ho sɛ ‘Minnim nea eyi yɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ mekɔ oduruyɛfo anaasɛ ɛnsɛ sɛ mekɔ’ a, ade a eye sen biara a ɛsɛ sɛ woyɛ ne sɛ wobɛhwehwɛ aduruyɛ mu afotu. Wɔka sɛ, sɛ ɛba mmofra nkumaa nyarewa so a, ɛnyɛ hwee sɛ yɛbɛyɛ ahwɛyiye dodo.

Afei nso, sɛ́ wode wo ba bɛkɔ ER, Urgent Care, anaasɛ wobɛfa telefon so aduruyɛ so no, hwɛ hu sɛ wo ne w’abusua oduruyɛfo bedi akyi wɔ ɛno akyi. Obetumi ayɛ wo ba no akwahosan ho nsɛm foforo na sɛ ɛho hia a, wama no ayaresa foforo anaasɛ wahwɛ no. Saa kwan yi so no, wubetumi de akwahosan ho nhyehyɛe a eye sen biara ama wo ba.