Emergency Healthcare Providers' Knowledge about and Attitudes toward Advance Directives: A Cross-Sectional Study between Nurses and Emergency Medical Technicians at an Emergency Department.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to explore and compare knowledge levels about advance directives (ADs) and life-sustaining treatment (LST) plans in end-of-life patients between emergency nurses and emergency medical technicians (EMTs). Using a cross-sectional study design and convenience sampling, 96 nurses and 68 EMTs were recruited from 12 emergency medical centers. A survey on knowledge about and attitudes toward ADs was performed using both online and offline methods between November and December 2019. Emergency healthcare providers were conceptually knowledgeable regarding ADs and LST, although approximately half or fewer had knowledge about ADs (such as the legal process for preparation, family or healthcare providers' role, and the healthcare proxy). The knowledge levels of nurses and EMTs were mo

SUBMITTER: Hong SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908551 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature