The effect of Pre-Hospital Trauma Management Training Program on Time Indices of 115 Emergency Missions

Background and Objective: Time is a main determinant factor in specifying survival chance of trauma patients. So, the study has been performed to the aim of determining effect of exercise programs related to management of trauma patients on time indices of pre-hospital emergency missions. Method: In a controlled field trail, 60 pre-hospital emergency technicians have been divided into two test and control groups, through stratified random sampling. Pre-Hospital Trauma Management Training Program formulated based on available national and global standards have been implemented, through a combination of training lecture and simulation methods in test group. Research tools have been demographic questionnaire and standard pre-hospital emergency care reporting form. Mean of time indices obtained from before, after, and one month after intervention in both groups have been extracted. Data have been collected through SPSS 19, independent t-test, repeated measures of variance analysis, and Bonferroni’s follow up test. Results: Mean of scene time in test group (one month after intervention) has been significantly lower than that of control group (p=0.05). Also, standard mean and deviation of scene time in test group has been reduced from 1057±330s (before intervention) to 723±229s (one month after intervention). This was a significant reduction (p˂0.001), from statistical point of view. Total mean time of mission in test group has been reduced from 2634±1168s (pre-intervention) to 2174±817s (one month post-intervention), which statistically is significant (p=0.04). Conclusion: According to the results, implementing exercise program of trauma management can lead to reduction of scene time and total time of pre-hospital emergency missions

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Trauma ، Emergency Medical Services ، Time Indices