Evaluation of prehospital care provider’s performance in secure delivery of patients with nervous system trauma

Background: prehospital care is the first and most important part of the traumatic patient’s care, so this study aimed to evaluate the prehospital care provider’s performance in the secure delivery of patients with nervous system trauma to an educational hospital at Iranshahr in 2017.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in an educational hospital in Iranshahr for six months in 2017. All emergency medical personnel who referred to the trauma ward during this time entered into the study gradually. The data gathering tool was a demographic questionnaire and personnel performance checklist that was used after psychometric analysis. Data analysis was performed using descriptive analysis, one-way ANOVA.Results: The results of the study showed that the highest mean score of performance was related to taking history and information recording (0.99). The lowest mean score of performance was related to airway and cardiovascular interventions (0.42). The highest score in the various areas was related to the examination of the primary vital signs at the site of the accident (100%) and the complete history and accurate recording of the information (100%), and the lowest score was related to the cardiac massage (8%).Conclusion: According to the results of this study, emergency medical personnel had a moderate level of care related to patients with nervous system trauma. It is recommended to hold continuous educational and clinical courses to improve the personnel level of performance and to bring them to the desired level

کلیدواژه ها:

Trauma ، Prehospital care ، Secure delivery