PMID- 23076313
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130109
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1538-8689 (Electronic)
IS  - 0360-4039 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 11
DP  - 2012 Nov
TI  - Camp health center usage at a Scout jamboree.
PG  - 17-22
LID - 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000421385.58983.fb [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To describe the incidence, reasons for, and characteristics of health 
      center visits by campers at a Canadian provincial Scout jamboree. METHODS: A 
      retrospective observational design utilized a medical record review process. The 
      study sample was 804 campers present for 4,816 camper days (CDs). RESULTS: There 
      were 172 visits to the camp health center for an incidence rate of 36 per 1,000 
      CDs. The median length of stay was 30 minutes. Patients with illnesses were seen 
      1.7 times more frequently than those with injuries. One in five visits was for 
      follow-up. More than 97% of visits occurred during the scheduled health center 
      hours of operation. The rate of adverse events (AEs) was 3.32 per 1,000 CDs, 
      accounting for 9.3% of all visits. CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of health center 
      visits and AEs are consistent with studies conducted with other resident camps. 
      Camp administrators, organizers, and healthcare personnel must be prepared to 
      provide care for a wide range of illnesses and injuries at camp. Understanding 
      the trends associated with camp health center usage allows adequate personnel and 
      physical resources to be prepared and identifies increased usage levels. Nurses 
      can use this information to advocate for nurses to be employed at camps to aid in 
      health prevention services as well as to manage illnesses and injuries.
FAU - Stephens, Christopher R
AU  - Stephens CR
AD  - Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, Alberta Health Services, in Calgary, Alberta, 
      Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Nursing
JT  - Nursing
JID - 7600137
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Ambulatory Care Facilities/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Camping
MH  - Canada/epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Office Visits/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Therapeutics/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/epidemiology/*therapy
EDAT- 2012/10/19 06:00
MHDA- 2013/01/10 06:00
CRDT- 2012/10/19 06:00
PHST- 2012/10/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - 00152193-201211000-00009 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000421385.58983.fb [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nursing. 2012 Nov;42(11):17-22. doi: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000421385.58983.fb.