Measuring the Implementation Preferences of Emergency Medical Services Clinicians Using Discrete Choice Experiments.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prehospital research and evidence-based guidelines (EBGs) have grown in recent decades, yet there is still a paucity of prehospital implementation research. While recent studies have revealed EMS agency leadership perspectives on implementation, the important perspectives and opinions of frontline EMS clinicians regarding implementation have yet to be explored in a systematic approach. The objective of this study was to measure the preferences of EMS clinicians for the process of EBG implementation and whether current agency practices align with those preferences.

Methods

This study was a cross-sectional survey of National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians registrants. Eligible participants were certified paramedics who were actively practicing EMS clini

SUBMITTER: Fishe JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10471772 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature