Open AccessFactors affecting primary health-care physicians' emergency-related practice; Eastern Province, KSA
Author(s) -
Salma Hussain Abu-Grain,
Sanaa Sadiq Alsaad,
Dalia Yahia El Kheir
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_284_17
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , emergency department , primary care , emergency medical services , medical emergency , emergency medicine , nursing
Being the first in-line care providers, primary health-care (PHC) physicians may encounter all forms of emergencies, ranging from minor complaints to life-threatening events. This wide variation of cases challenges the physicians to be competent in emergency medicine. Informative literature describing and assessing the factors affecting PHC physicians' emergency medical services (EMS)-related practice is deficient (nationally and internationally). The aim of this study is to assess PHC physicians' practice related to EMS, the factors affecting it, as well as their learning needs and preferred methods of continuous training in emergency medicine.