Evaluation of the Conditions of First Aid and Transport in Sabalan Mountain Climbing 2003

Aid and transport chain is one of the important processes in taking care of the patients. In proper places special personnel give these care to the casualties. In this study we evaluated the conditions of first aid and transport during Sabalan mountain climbing in 2003 in Ardabil province. This cross – sectional analytic study carried out by collecting the information by designing a group of Questionnaire forms from medical centers in the field containing: 1 field hospital, 3 field emergency units, 4 First Aid stations. The statistical indices were analyzed by SPSS 11.5 software. Some of the main results suggested that medical equipments, drugs and materials and instruments in the places, medical centers environment, equipments, the time of transferring an injured person from emergency unit to a field hospital were acceptable and suitable, but the time of transferring the injured person from the field and first aid station, to field emergency unit, Communication tools, registration systems and the transportation of files and data were not properly acceptable. There are still some defects in some parts of aid and transportation chains. Making a proper situation for better and faster transport, proper communication in different levels, making concise files and collecting and transporting them with casualties in a proper way, are the main topics that must be considered.