Factors Affecting the Provision of Safe Care in Pre-Hospital Emergency Units of Mazandaran Province
Subject Areas : Health Management ServicesMostafa Golchobi 1 , Leila Keikavoosi-Arani 2
1 - Master's degree, Department of Health and Medical Services Management, Electronic Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor.Department of healthcare Services Management. School of Health and Research Center for Health,Safety and Environment,Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj.lran.
Keywords: Pre-Hospital Emergency, Rescue unit, Safe care,
Abstract :
Introduction: Providing safe care in accidents and crises by pre-hospital emergency aid units plays an effective role in reducing the burden of injuries and damages. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the factors affecting the provision of safe care by pre-hospital emergency units in Mazandaran province.Methods: This research was descriptive-analytical (cross-sectional). The statistical population of the research was operational personnel of emergency units of selected pre-hospital emergency bases in Mazandaran province (N=165) and sampling was done by census method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire, which was used to check the quantitative content validity using the content validity index and the content validity ratio. Then the reliability of the questionnaire was estimated by Cronbach's alpha method of 0.82. Data analysis was done using SPSS 20 software. The ranking and prioritization of factors affecting the provision of safe care in pre-hospital emergency units was done with Friedman's test.Results: From the point of view of operational personnel of pre-hospital emergency aid units of Mazandaran province, 5 factors were effective in providing safe care in pre-hospital emergency aid units, which is the motivation factor in the first place (with an average rating of 3.49) as the most effective factor and medical equipment in the fifth place (with an average rating of 5.49), was the least effective factor.Conclusion: Policy-making in the field of improving the motivation of the personnel of relief units and their training, providing the necessary manpower, managing relief units and improving medical equipment will improve the provision of safe care in pre-hospital emergency relief units.
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2- Senol V, Argun M, Celebi I. Evaluation of Risk Perception and Management in Emergency Medical Services Providers Working in Pre-hospital Areas in Kayseri, Turkey. Ethno-Medicine, 2018; 12(1): 40-8.
3- Kazamneghad E, Pourshaikhian M, Vatankhah S. Quality Survey of Pre-hospital Emergency Services in Guilan Province. Journal of Guilan University of Medical Sciences, 2015; 23(92): 50-8.
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6- Panagioti M, Khan K, Keers RN, Abuzour A, Phipps D, Kontopantelis E, Bower P, Campbell S, Haneef R, Avery AJ, Ashcroft DM. Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis. Bmj, 2019 Jul 17; 366.
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10- Basson T, Montoya A, Neily J, Harmon L, Watts BV. Improving patient safety culture: a report of a multifaceted intervention. J Patient Saf, 2018; 14(2): 107–11.
1- Ajalli A, Khoshknab M, Dibaee M. The survey of patient safety culture in razi psychiatric center in Tehran. Health Promotion Management, 2015; 4: 85-94.
12- Reader TW, Gillespie A. Stakeholders in safety: Patient reports on unsafe clinical behaviors distinguish hospital mortality rates. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2021 Mar; 106(3): 439.
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15- Olave-Rojas D, Nickel S. Modeling a pre-hospital emergency medical service using hybrid simulation and a machine learning approach. Simul Model Pract Theory, 2021; 109: 102302.
16- Available from: http://ems.mazums.ac.ir/Index.aspx?page_=form&lang=1&sub=54&tempname=N115main&PageID=47479.
17- Eubanks JB. The EMS Deficit: A Study on the Excessive Staffing Shortages of Paramedics and its Impact on EMS Performance in the States of South Carolina and North Carolina and Interventions for Organizational Improvements.(2022). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 3596. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/3596
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27- Plummer V, Boyle M. Knowledge, attitude, and practice of ambulance nurses in prehospital care in Malang, Indonesia. Australasian Emergency Care, 2018; 21(1): 8-12.
28- Asadi P, Noori Roodsari N, Eslami Kenarsari H, Darabi Niya MR, Pourshaikhian M. Knowledge Level of Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical Services Personnel about Ambulance Equipment in Rasht, Iran. Journal of Guilan University of Medical Sciences, 2022; 31(1): 40-49.
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