Barriers to body temperature monitoring among prehospital personnel: a qualitative study using the modified nominal group technique.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify and explore barriers that healthcare professionals working as prehospital care (PHC) providers at the University Hospital of North Norway experience with temperature monitoring and discover solutions to these problems.

Study design

Qualitative study using the modified nominal group technique.

Materials and methods

14 experienced healthcare professionals working in air and ground emergency medical services were invited to the study. Initially, each participant was asked to suggest through email topics of importance regarding barriers to prehospital thermometry. Afterwards, they received a list of all disparate topics and were asked to individually rank them by importance. The top-ranked topics were discussed in a consensus meeting. The meeting wa

SUBMITTER: Scott RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226913 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature