Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
BMC Emerg Med. 2024 Jun 10;24(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s12873-024-01019-5.
This study aimed to investigate the work problems and challenges of male prehospital emergency technicians when faced with female medical emergencies. Given that qualitative research has not been done in this field, planning to find the weak points and improve the quality of prehospital emergency as the first line of treatment for female emergency patients, which is considered an important part of the health care system, is considered important and valuable. Therefore, this phenomenological study was conducted in 2023.
This study was conducted using a qualitative method of phenomenology in 2023. The environment of the research was urban and road prehospital emergency centers in Iran and the data were collected through interviews with EMS technicians. The collected data were analyzed using Smith's approach to explain the lived experiences of EMS technicians facing female emergencies or women's emergencies in Iran.
All the 15 participants were men. Their mean age was 35 years, with a range of 25 to 45 years, and with a mean work experience of 10.54 years with a range of 4 to 20 years. The lived experiences of 115 emergency technicians in facing women's emergencies in Iran were placed in four main themes cultural-social factors, organizational factors, human resources-related factors, and administrative-legal factors.
EMS personnel face various obstacles in carrying out missions related to women's emergencies, Considering the critical nature of women's emergencies, it is recommended that policymakers and clinical educators improve the level of community culture, communication skills, theoretical and practical training, respecting privacy, hiring female personnel, adding specialized equipment, amending and changing laws, removing road-traffic obstacles and to support personnel, patients and their families psychologically to optimize performance in women's emergencies.
本研究旨在探讨男性院前急救技师在面对女性医疗急症时所面临的工作问题和挑战。鉴于该领域尚未开展定性研究，计划寻找薄弱环节并提高院前急救质量，作为女性急诊患者的一线治疗，这被认为是医疗保健系统的重要组成部分，被认为是重要和有价值的。因此，本研究于 2023 年进行了这项现象学研究。
本研究于 2023 年采用定性现象学方法进行。研究环境为城市和伊朗道路院前急救中心，通过采访 EMS 技术员收集数据。使用 Smith 方法分析收集到的数据，以解释 EMS 技术员在伊朗面临女性紧急情况或女性紧急情况时的生活体验。
所有 15 名参与者均为男性。他们的平均年龄为 35 岁，范围为 25 至 45 岁，平均工作经验为 10.54 年，范围为 4 至 20 年。115 名急救技师在伊朗面对女性紧急情况的生活体验被分为四个主要主题：文化社会因素、组织因素、人力资源相关因素和行政法律因素。
EMS 人员在执行与女性紧急情况相关的任务时面临各种障碍，考虑到女性紧急情况的紧迫性，建议政策制定者和临床教育者提高社区文化水平、沟通技巧、理论和实践培训、尊重隐私、雇用女性人员、增加专门设备、修改和改变法律、清除道路交通障碍并为人员、患者及其家属提供心理支持，以优化女性紧急情况的绩效。
