ED EMS time: A COVID-friendly alternative to ambulance ride-alongs.
emergency medical services
pre‐hospital education
resident education
Journal
AEM education and training
ISSN: 2472-5390
Titre abrégé: AEM Educ Train
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101722142
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2021
Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
29
03
2021
revised:
11
08
2021
accepted:
08
09
2021
entrez:
11
10
2021
pubmed:
12
10
2021
medline:
12
10
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Ambulance ride-alongs are frequently a critical element of educational programs for learners of prehospital emergency care. We describe a novel alternative to the EMS ride-along experience more conducive to COVID-19 restrictions. "ED EMS time" was developed as an alternative training method to provide a field-type experience within the emergency department (ED) setting. Over the course of a 4-h shift, medical students observe and complete standardized reflections on online medical control radio consultations and EMS-to-ED patient handoffs. Medical students also interview EMS clinicians to gain insight into prehospital care and the challenges that occur in the field. Experiences are debriefed with an EMS attending. Medical students expressed increased knowledge around the challenges and treatment capabilities of EMS through the ED EMS time experience. They were able to explain what information obtained from the scene was helpful to EMS clinicians. Medical students were able to realize the objectives of ambulance ride time through an ED experience designed around EMS. ED EMS time represents a novel approach to teaching medical students the intricacies of prehospital medicine from the confines of the ED while avoiding direct patient contact, preserving PPE, and limiting COVID-19 exposure.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Ambulance ride-alongs are frequently a critical element of educational programs for learners of prehospital emergency care. We describe a novel alternative to the EMS ride-along experience more conducive to COVID-19 restrictions.
METHODS
METHODS
"ED EMS time" was developed as an alternative training method to provide a field-type experience within the emergency department (ED) setting. Over the course of a 4-h shift, medical students observe and complete standardized reflections on online medical control radio consultations and EMS-to-ED patient handoffs. Medical students also interview EMS clinicians to gain insight into prehospital care and the challenges that occur in the field. Experiences are debriefed with an EMS attending.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Medical students expressed increased knowledge around the challenges and treatment capabilities of EMS through the ED EMS time experience. They were able to explain what information obtained from the scene was helpful to EMS clinicians. Medical students were able to realize the objectives of ambulance ride time through an ED experience designed around EMS.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
ED EMS time represents a novel approach to teaching medical students the intricacies of prehospital medicine from the confines of the ED while avoiding direct patient contact, preserving PPE, and limiting COVID-19 exposure.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34632247
doi: 10.1002/aet2.10689
pii: AET210689
pmc: PMC8486211
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e10689Informations de copyright
© 2021 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have no potential conflicts to disclose.
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