Electronic field protocols for prehospital care quality improvement in Lithuania: a randomized simulation-based study.
Clinical decision support
Cognitive aids
Electronic field protocols
Prehospital
Simulation
Journal
Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine
ISSN: 1757-7241
Titre abrégé: Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101477511
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 Nov 2023
21 Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
17
07
2023
accepted:
10
11
2023
medline:
23
11
2023
pubmed:
22
11
2023
entrez:
22
11
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Prehospital emergency care is complex and influenced by various factors, leading to the need for decision-support tools. Studies suggest that cognitive aids improve provider performance and patient outcomes in clinical emergencies. Electronic cognitive aids have rarely been investigated in prehospital care. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of the electronic field protocol (eFP) module on performance, adherence to the standard of care, and satisfaction of prehospital care providers in a simulated environment. This randomised simulation-based study was conducted at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in Kaunas, Lithuania. The simulation scenarios were developed to test 12 eFPs: adult resuscitation, pediatric resuscitation, delivery and postpartum care, seizures in pregnancy, stroke, anaphylaxis, acute chest pain, acute abdominal pain, respiratory distress in children, severe trauma, severe infection and sepsis, and initial neonatal evaluation and resuscitation. Sixteen prehospital practitioners with at least 3 years of clinical experience were randomly assigned to either use the eFP module or perform without it in each of the 12 simulated scenarios. Participant scores and adherence to standardised checklists were compared between the two performance modes. Participant satisfaction was measured through a post-simulation survey. A total of 190 simulation sessions were conducted. Compared to the use of memory alone, the use of the eFP module significantly improved participants' performance in 10 out of the 12 simulation scenarios. Adherence to the standardised checklist increased from 60 to 85% (p < 0.001). Post-simulation survey results indicate that participants found the eFP module easy to use and relevant to prehospital clinical practice. The study findings suggest that the eFP module as a cognitive aid can enhance prehospital practitioners' performance and adherence to the standard of care in simulated scenarios. These results highlight the potential of standardised eFPs as a quality improvement step in prehospital care in Lithuania.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Prehospital emergency care is complex and influenced by various factors, leading to the need for decision-support tools. Studies suggest that cognitive aids improve provider performance and patient outcomes in clinical emergencies. Electronic cognitive aids have rarely been investigated in prehospital care. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of the electronic field protocol (eFP) module on performance, adherence to the standard of care, and satisfaction of prehospital care providers in a simulated environment.
METHODS
METHODS
This randomised simulation-based study was conducted at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences in Kaunas, Lithuania. The simulation scenarios were developed to test 12 eFPs: adult resuscitation, pediatric resuscitation, delivery and postpartum care, seizures in pregnancy, stroke, anaphylaxis, acute chest pain, acute abdominal pain, respiratory distress in children, severe trauma, severe infection and sepsis, and initial neonatal evaluation and resuscitation. Sixteen prehospital practitioners with at least 3 years of clinical experience were randomly assigned to either use the eFP module or perform without it in each of the 12 simulated scenarios. Participant scores and adherence to standardised checklists were compared between the two performance modes. Participant satisfaction was measured through a post-simulation survey.
RESULTS
RESULTS
A total of 190 simulation sessions were conducted. Compared to the use of memory alone, the use of the eFP module significantly improved participants' performance in 10 out of the 12 simulation scenarios. Adherence to the standardised checklist increased from 60 to 85% (p < 0.001). Post-simulation survey results indicate that participants found the eFP module easy to use and relevant to prehospital clinical practice.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The study findings suggest that the eFP module as a cognitive aid can enhance prehospital practitioners' performance and adherence to the standard of care in simulated scenarios. These results highlight the potential of standardised eFPs as a quality improvement step in prehospital care in Lithuania.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37990261
doi: 10.1186/s13049-023-01150-5
pii: 10.1186/s13049-023-01150-5
pmc: PMC10662541
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
83Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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