Perceptions of Prehospital Care for Patients With Limited English Proficiency Among Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience disparities in prehospital care. On-scene interactions between patients with LEP and emergency medical services (EMS) providers (ie, firefighters/emergency medical technicians [EMTs] and paramedics) are critical to high-quality care and have been minimally explored.

Objective

To identify EMS-perceived barriers and facilitators to providing high-quality prehospital care for patients with LEP.

Design, setting, and participants

In this qualitative study, semi-structured focus groups were conducted with firefighters/EMTs and paramedics with all levels of experience from urban areas with a high proportion of residents with LEP from July to September 2018. Data were analyzed from July 2018 to May 2019.

SUBMITTER: Stadeli KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11875121 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature