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Education about Prehospital Care during Emergency Education Residency Training: The Results of a Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Paul M. Paris  and
Nicholas H. Benson
Paul M. Paris
Affiliation:
Associate Professor and Chief, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Medical Director, Center for Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Department of Public Safety, City of Pittsburgh, President-elect NAEMSP
Nicholas H. Benson*
Affiliation:
Associate Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, East CarolinaUniversity School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina
*
Nicholas Benson, MD, EastCare, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, P.O. Box 6028, Greenville, North Carolina 27835-6028, Telephone: (919) 551-4297
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Abstract

The Society of Teachers of Emergency Medicine's, EMS Educators Committee performed a mail survey of emergency medicine residency training directors regarding their curricula for EMS. The Committee was interested in determining the quality and quantity of EMS training in emergency medicine residencies. Out of 66 programs, 48 responded (73%). The programs reported that they provide medical control for a mean of 4837 calls per year (range 0–20,000) and interact with a mean of eight EMS agencies. Ten programs (21%) do not offer any formal EMS administrative experience, while 42 (87%) programs require residents to participate in paramedic training, and 31 (65%) require participation in EMT training. Both the type and the amount of “in-field” experience reported by programs varied considerably, with some programs offering it only as an elective. Similarly, there was great diversity in the type and amount of experience with helicopter ambulances. In conclusion, there is wide disparity among the offerings from all residency programs. Each training program must evaluate its own EMS curricula and expand it to fill existing gaps. Specific topics to be covered are suggested.

Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 209 - 215
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1990

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