Prehosp Emerg Care. 2020 Nov-Dec;24(6):839-843. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1709001. Epub 2020 Feb 27.
EMS personnel in the U.S. continue to be overwhelmingly Caucasian and male, with 75% being male and 85% identifying as nonminority. While the population of the United States becomes more diverse in ethnicity, religion, and race, the EMS workforce remains largely homogenous and does not reflect the diversity of the population it serves. Given the growing diversity across the country, EMS personnel will increasingly be responding to calls for service involving patients with different cultural backgrounds than their own. This growing gap between providers and the population they serve may exacerbate already existing disparities in care.
美国的急救人员继续以白人和男性为主，其中 75%是男性，85%是非少数民族。尽管美国人口在种族、宗教和种族方面变得更加多样化，但急救人员队伍在很大程度上仍然是同质的，并不反映其服务人群的多样性。鉴于美国各地的多样性不断增加，急救人员将越来越多地应对涉及与自身文化背景不同的患者的服务请求。提供者与他们所服务的人群之间日益扩大的差距可能会加剧已经存在的护理差距。
