Cannizzaro Michael, Kerr Gavin, Berger Daniel J, Dipietro Michael A, Lubin Jeffrey S
Emergency Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, USA.
Emergency Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Sep 8;15(9):e44918. doi: 10.7759/cureus.44918. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Background and objective Emergency medical services (EMS) are often assumed to only involve bringing patients to physicians for treatment in the emergency department. However, EMS staff are also responsible for responding to physicians in the primary care setting when medical emergencies arise. While emergency medicine (EM) residents are exposed to EMS as part of their curriculum, little is known about the knowledge of other resident physicians who may interact with EMS. In light of this, we conducted this study to address the scarcity of data related to this topic. Methods A quantitative cross-sectional knowledge assessment was conducted among resident physicians in emergency medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, pediatric, and combined medicine and pediatric residencies at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Results Eighteen EM residents and 26 non-EM residents completed the assessment. The EM residents had a higher average score when compared to non-emergency medicine residents (69.2% vs. 53.8%, p=0.0012). Conclusion Variations in scores between EM and other specialties that interact with EMS highlight the need for further training and familiarization related to EMS for residents in non-EM specialties.
背景与目的 人们通常认为紧急医疗服务（EMS）仅涉及将患者送往急诊科由医生进行治疗。然而，当基层医疗环境中出现医疗紧急情况时，EMS工作人员也有责任响应医生的需求。虽然急诊医学（EM）住院医师在其课程中会接触到EMS，但对于可能与EMS互动的其他住院医师的相关知识却知之甚少。鉴于此，我们开展了这项研究以解决与该主题相关的数据稀缺问题。方法 对宾夕法尼亚州立大学米尔顿·S·赫尔希医疗中心的急诊医学、内科、家庭医学、儿科以及内科与儿科联合住院医师培训项目的住院医师进行了一项定量横断面知识评估。结果 18名急诊医学住院医师和26名非急诊医学住院医师完成了评估。与非急诊医学住院医师相比，急诊医学住院医师的平均得分更高（69.2%对53.8%，p = 0.0012）。结论 急诊医学住院医师与其他与EMS互动的专科之间的得分差异凸显了非急诊医学专科住院医师需要接受与EMS相关的进一步培训并加深了解。
