Knowledge Levels of Paramedic Program Senior Year Students on Frequently Used Drugs and Interventional Procedures: A Comparative Study

This specially equipped personnel working in the harsh conditions at pre-hospital emergency health services and carrying the roles and responsibilities that may be required in the field began working in ambulances in the 1950s especially in the North American countries. On the other side in Turkey, staff training specific to the pre-hospital field began in the early 1990s (2,3). The development of emergency medicine in Turkey began in 1990 in Dokuz Eylül University (DEU) when an American emergency medicine specialist Dr. John Fowler was invited to Turkey by DEU and began working at the Emergency Room of DEU Hospital. “Emergency Medicine” was recognized as a separate specialty in 1993 by Dr. John Fowler’s active efforts and two emergency medicine departments, DEU Emergency Medicine Department and Fırat Universty Emergency Medicine Department were founded in the same year (4,5).