Over the past few decades China’s economy has blossomed rapidly affording millions of people out of poverty and improving their health. Despite the economic progress many health issues remain a burden. With the growing economics of China, the larger cities and more densely populated and urban communities are benefiting from advancement in health technologies and access to EMS systems in hospitals, the poor and especially those in rural communities and outlying areas do not have this luxury much less access to most essential services (Chelala, 2013, p. 1).
However, China has a second population that is not so fortunate. The rural outlying areas are a vast in numbers living in poverty at approximately 122 million people. Most of these people live in regions with harsh natural conditions making it difficult to alleviate poverty conditions which varies from China’s eastern coastal areas and other regions of China that are still in the mid-and even early stages of industrialization and urbanization (Zhang Ping, n.d., p. 6). That 20% of rural households lacks safe drinking water and 80% have no …show more content…
In 1986 the Chinese Association of Emergency Medicine was established and brought about three specific areas in emergency care; prehospital medicine, emergency medicine and critical care medicine which differs from China’s current model of emergency medicine (China’s emergency medicine, 2011, p. 286). Prior to 1986 emergency medicine consisted of practitioners for medical subspecialties to deliver emergency care but only in their own area of expertise in the emergency department. However, with China’s population growth and the influx of mobile migrants from its rural areas along with the increase in various types of patient complaints, emergency medicine itself is becoming a specialized field of
However, China has a second population that is not so fortunate. The rural outlying areas are a vast in numbers living in poverty at approximately 122 million people. Most of these people live in regions with harsh natural conditions making it difficult to alleviate poverty conditions which varies from China’s eastern coastal areas and other regions of China that are still in the mid-and even early stages of industrialization and urbanization (Zhang Ping, n.d., p. 6). That 20% of rural households lacks safe drinking water and 80% have no …show more content…
In 1986 the Chinese Association of Emergency Medicine was established and brought about three specific areas in emergency care; prehospital medicine, emergency medicine and critical care medicine which differs from China’s current model of emergency medicine (China’s emergency medicine, 2011, p. 286). Prior to 1986 emergency medicine consisted of practitioners for medical subspecialties to deliver emergency care but only in their own area of expertise in the emergency department. However, with China’s population growth and the influx of mobile migrants from its rural areas along with the increase in various types of patient complaints, emergency medicine itself is becoming a specialized field of