Open AccessDemographics as Correlates to Performance among Ambulance Personnel Providing Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Management: Basis for a Proposed Personnel Competency Program
Author(s) -
Marydell Claire B. Dado,
Kenneth C.Eupena,
Keisha Danielle T. Tolentino,
Pricila B. Marzan,
Lucy L. Teves,
Vincent Louis P. Duncano
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of science and management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-5946
DOI - 10.51386/25815946/ijsms-v5i1p114
Subject(s) - descriptive statistics , demographics , medical emergency , descriptive research , medicine , emergency medical services , psychology , emergency medicine , statistics , demography , mathematics , sociology
This research assessed the relationship between the demographics and performance among ambulance personnel providing Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) management leading to the development of a personnel competency program. Descriptive correlational research method was employed involving 75 ambulance personnel from 11 ambulance providers servicing Surigaodel Norte. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the profile and their performance in OHCA Management. Likewise, inferential statistics specifically Pearson r correlation was used to determine the relationship between variables. The study shows significant relationship existing between years of experience in ERS and ambulance personnel performance in transporting and managing OHCA patients.