Schaffer D J
Ann Emerg Med. 1984 Apr;13(4):259-62. doi: 10.1016/s0196-0644(84)80474-6.
A survey was conducted of the known FECs in the state of Washington in 1982 to assess facility organization and staffing patterns, equipment available, types of services offered, overall morbidity, and community acceptance. The 15 facilities responding saw an average of 25.6 patients in a 12.5-hour day, seven days per week. None of the facilities encouraged or accepted critical ambulance cases, and only one accepted non-critical transport patients. Essentially all have ACLS-trained physicians and resuscitation equipment, but only 0.003% of the total patient census required this intervention. A majority of the facilities utilized the word "emergency" in their title, but none indicated that this caused confusion for their patients. By self-assessment, public acceptance has been overwhelmingly positive, while primary care and hospital emergency physicians have been cool to the concept.
1982年，对华盛顿州已知的急救中心进行了一项调查，以评估机构组织和人员配置模式、可用设备、提供的服务类型、总体发病率以及社区接受度。15家做出回应的急救中心平均每天12.5小时、每周7天接待25.6名患者。没有一家急救中心鼓励或接收危急的救护车送来的病例，只有一家接收非危急转运患者。基本上所有急救中心都有经过高级心血管生命支持培训的医生和复苏设备，但在全部患者总数中，只有0.003%的患者需要这种干预。大多数急救中心在其名称中使用了“紧急情况”一词，但没有一家表示这会给患者造成困扰。通过自我评估，公众的接受度总体上是积极的，而初级保健医生和医院急诊科医生对这一概念的态度较为冷淡。
