The Evaluation of Responses and Abilities of 119 EMTs to Perform Pediatric Triage
| العنوان: | The Evaluation of Responses and Abilities of 119 EMTs to Perform Pediatric Triage |
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| المؤلفون: | Hyo-Ju Lee, Kyung-Ha Chun |
| المصدر: | Fire Science and Engineering. 35:66-73 |
| بيانات النشر: | Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | business.industry, medicine, Medical emergency, medicine.disease, business, Triage |
| الوصف: | This study aimed to evaluate the pediatric triage performance of 119 Emergency Medicine Technologists (EMTs) at a fire station, based on mass casualty incident scenarios of a pediatric disaster, and to evaluate effective measures of response. EMTs (N = 58) at a provincial fire station participated in this study and were asked to complete three questionnaires: one ‘general characteristics’ questionnaire, one problem solving questionnaire, consisting of questions based on mass casualty incident scenarios, and a post-questionnaire to explore the necessity of pediatric triage based on their responses. We used SPSS to analyze the data. The EMT-paramedics’ scores were high and statistically significant (p < .002). All 48 questions concerning the three scenarios were converted to a score ranging from 0 to 100 with an average score of 70.92 and an average correct response rate of 70%. We also found that the participants’ rate of recognition of the pediatric triage tool was significantly lower than that of the adult tool (p < .030). The usage rate was also low, at approximately 19.09%. After solving the questionnaire problems, the respondents reported a significantly higher score concerning the necessity of the pediatric triage tools than before (p < .006). Firefighting departments integrate pediatric triage tools into the E-triage system. However, EMTs should receive continuous training and practice to improve their pediatric triage tool classification capabilities. |
| تدمد: | 2765-088X 2765-060X |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::cb3197ad48c2e518f48c1e648dee2d82 https://doi.org/10.7731/kifse.9125d72b |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........cb3197ad48c2e518f48c1e648dee2d82 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 2765088X 2765060X |
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