Comparison between Personal Protective Equipment Wearing Protocols to Shorten Time to Treatment in Pre-Hospital Settings
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Pre-Hospital Setting
1.2. Personal Protective Equipment
1.3. A New Protective Protocol for EMS Personnel
1.4. Objectives
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Settings and Intervention
2.2. Sample Size
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Comparison of Time Measurements between the Two Protocols: Coverall Protocol and Gown Protocol
3.2. Heart Rate Measurements
3.3. Comfort Perception
3.4. Difficulty in Providing Medical Care
3.5. Safety Perception
4. Discussion
4.1. Duration of PPE Donning and Provision of Primary Medical Treatment: Coverall Protocol and Gown Protocol
4.2. Heart Rate Comparison between the Gown and Coverall Protocols
4.3. Subjective Indicators: Comfort Perceptions, Difficulty in Providing Medical Care, Safety Perceptions
4.3.1. Comfort Perceptions
4.3.2. Difficulty in Providing Medical Treatment
4.3.3. Safety Perceptions
4.3.4. Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Type | Main Indices |
---|---|---|
Age | Quantitative continuous | Mean = 25.08 +/− 2.797 Median = 25 years (range 18, 31) |
Gender | Qualitative dichotomous | Female = 51.6% Male = 48.4% |
Academic program | Qualitative nominal | School of Emergency Medicine = 73.4%, School of Nursing = 6.3%, School of Medicine = 14.1%, graduate program = 6.3% |
Academic year | Quantitative discrete | Median = 2nd year (IQR 25% = 2, 50% = 2, 75% = 3; range 1, 6) first year = 14.1%, second year = 46.9%, third year = 28.1%, fourth year = 6.3%, fifth year = 1.6%, sixth year = 3.1% |
Had the participant taken a first-aid course in the past? | Qualitative dichotomous | Yes = 100% |
Had the participant used PPE in the past? | Qualitative dichotomous | Yes = 92.2% No = 7.8% |
Had the participant used an EpiPen injector in the past? | Qualitative dichotomous | Yes = 64.1% No = 35.9% |
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Lavi, O.; Wacht, O.; Menashe, I.; Jaffe, E.; Bitan, Y. Comparison between Personal Protective Equipment Wearing Protocols to Shorten Time to Treatment in Pre-Hospital Settings. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 7926. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12157926
Lavi O, Wacht O, Menashe I, Jaffe E, Bitan Y. Comparison between Personal Protective Equipment Wearing Protocols to Shorten Time to Treatment in Pre-Hospital Settings. Applied Sciences. 2022; 12(15):7926. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12157926
Chicago/Turabian StyleLavi, Or, Oren Wacht, Idan Menashe, Eli Jaffe, and Yuval Bitan. 2022. "Comparison between Personal Protective Equipment Wearing Protocols to Shorten Time to Treatment in Pre-Hospital Settings" Applied Sciences 12, no. 15: 7926. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12157926