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THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIA ON ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN PREHOSPITAL RESUSCITATION PRACTICES.
- Source :
- Disaster & Emergency Medicine Journal; 2024, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p99-109, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- INTRODUCTION: This study aims to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic process on ethical dilemmas experienced in prehospital resuscitation practices. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was conducted on 695 emergency medical services employees. A "questionnaire form" consisting of 20 questions developed by the researchers in line with the literature was used as a data collection tool. RESULTS: In the pandemic period, ethical dilemmas in deciding to perform CPR on suspected or identified COVID-19 patients have increased in 52.5% of the participants, whereas ethical dilemmas in deciding to terminate CPR have increased in 41.3%. Moreover, a statistically significant difference was found between the increasing status of the ethical dilemmas of the participants in making the decision to start CPR in EMS and terminate CPR in the COVID-19 pandemic process and the status of having a diagnosis of COVID-19, the state of having complete personal protective equipment during CPR, and the state of applying advanced airway techniques on suspected or identified COVID-19 patients. CONCLUSIONS: Although the COVID-19 pandemic process has increased the ethical dilemmas of emergency medical services employees in relation to CPR application, such dilemmas do not affect their decision to start or end CPR. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CROSS-sectional method
STATISTICAL power analysis
PERSONAL protective equipment
DATA analysis
EMERGENCY medical technicians
QUESTIONNAIRES
TERMINATION of treatment
STATISTICAL sampling
EMERGENCY medicine
EMERGENCY medical services
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
ETHICAL decision making
RESEARCH methodology
STATISTICS
CARDIOPULMONARY resuscitation
AIRWAY (Anatomy)
CONFIDENCE intervals
DATA analysis software
COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24514691
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Disaster & Emergency Medicine Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 178278151
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5603/demj.97876