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The Effect of Training Principles of Patient Reporting and Handoff from Emergency Medical Technicians to the Emergency Department of the Surgical Emergency Center: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Afsane Abdollahzade Sarvestani 1
Zahra Khademian 2
Zahra Molazem 3

1 MSc in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

2 Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

3 Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30476/smsj.2024.100119.1443
Abstract
Introduction: Poor reporting during patient handoff from emergency medical technicians to the emergency department can threaten patients’ safety. This study aimed to determine the effect of training on the quality of patient handoff from emergency medical technicians to the emergency department of the surgical emergency center.
Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted at Shahid Rajaee Surgical Emergency Center in Shiraz, Iran. The study sample included 80 emergency medical technicians with a mean age of 31.12±6.2 years, who were selected by simple random sampling and divided into two experimental and control groups. Data were collected by observing the handoff of three patients by each technician before and after the intervention with a rating scale developed by the researchers. The intervention consisted of a 4-hour training workshop about principles of patient reporting and handoff for emergency medical technicians. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, chi-square, independent, and paired sample t-tests using SPSS version 20. The significance level was less than 0.05.
Results: After the intervention, the mean score of patient handoff quality in the experimental group (29.94±2.73) compared to before the intervention (24.58±3.38, P<0.001) and compared to the control group (23.94±2.83, P<0.001) was significantly higher.
Conclusion: The findings showed that reporting training to emergency medical technicians can help to improve the quality of their patients’ handoff to emergency departments.

Keywords

Education
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Technicians
Patient Handoff
Trauma Centers
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Sadra Medical Journal
Volume 12, Issue 1
January 2024
Pages 75-83

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