Epidemiology of neoplasms in the practice of Medical Rescue Teams in the northern part of the Lubelskie Voivodeship during the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic — a three-year observation

Abstract

Introduction. Functioning of the medical rescue team one year before the pandemic was compared to the two years of the pandemic outbreak in relation to specific intervention groups. Our observation focused on patients with oncological diseases.Material and methods. The analysis was carried out in a county (powiat) in the Lubelskie Voivodeship (Province). The study included a 3-year retrospective analysis from March 2019 to the end of February 2022. The material consisted of departure order flow sheets and ambulance flow sheet records.Results. In the 3-year period, 560 events met the criteria for inclusion in the analysis: 195 (period I), 165 (period II), and 200 (period III). By eliminating interventions that were repeated calls to the same patient, the population under study consisted of 510 people: 215 men and 295 women.Conclusions. The COVID-19 pandemic did not have a significant impact on the number of MRT interventions among cancer patients, nor on the mean intervention time in patients diagnosed with ICD-10 CXX and DXX. EMSs participate in oncological calls only for symptomatic treatment (pain, dyspnea, diarrhea) and cannot stop or cure initial medical conditions.