Alobaid Abdullah Mohammed, Mobrad Abdulmajeed, Gosling Cameron, McKenna Lisa, Williams Brett
Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz College for Emergency Medical Services, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Paramedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2022 Feb 9;13:137-147. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S347363. eCollection 2022.
Although emergency medical services (EMS) stakeholders acknowledge the need for both male and female paramedics in the EMS field, the Saudi EMS system is currently only staffed by male paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) working in EMS organisations.
To understand and explore the Saudi Arabian community's perceptions on engaging Saudi female paramedics in the EMS workforce.
This was a cross-sectional survey design using convenience sampling of the public in Riyadh city by self-administered English and Arabic language questionnaires. Questionnaire validity was assessed by face and content validity.
Of the 3603 surveys distributed, 3132 were returned (87% completion response rate). Most respondents were aged between 18 and 29 years (n = 1308, 41%), and the sex distribution was (n = 1646, 52.6%) male and (n = 1486, 47.4%) female. Overall, 77% (n = 2412) of the respondents supported the need for female paramedics in Saudi Arabian ambulance services, and 74.8% (n = 2343) preferred that female paramedics treated female patients.
This is the first public study to explore Saudi public perceptions about female paramedics in EMS in the Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi public is supportive of female paramedics being employed as paramedics in the country. Moreover, significant differences in perceptions were evidenced in the sex groups over any other factors.
尽管紧急医疗服务（EMS）领域的相关利益者都认识到EMS系统中男女护理人员都不可或缺，但沙特的EMS系统目前仅由在EMS机构工作的男性护理人员和急救医疗技术员（EMT）组成。
了解并探究沙特阿拉伯社会对于沙特女性护理人员加入EMS队伍的看法。
这是一项横断面调查研究，采用便利抽样法，通过自行填写的英文和阿拉伯文问卷对利雅得市公众进行调查。问卷效度通过表面效度和内容效度进行评估。
在分发的3603份调查问卷中，回收了3132份（完成率为87%）。大多数受访者年龄在18至29岁之间（n = 1308，占41%），性别分布为男性1646人（占52.6%），女性1486人（占47.4%）。总体而言，77%（n = 2412）的受访者支持沙特阿拉伯救护车服务需要女性护理人员，74.8%（n = 2343）的受访者更倾向于女性护理人员治疗女性患者。
这是第一项探究沙特阿拉伯利雅得地区公众对EMS中女性护理人员看法的公开研究。沙特公众支持女性护理人员在该国担任护理人员。此外，在性别群体与其他任何因素之间，看法上存在显著差异。
