Predeployment training of Army medics assigned to prehospital settings.

Autor:	Suresh MR; From the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research (M.R.S., K.K.V.-D., A.M.S., J.D.T., C.A.V.); Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two (W.N.P.), Navy Liaison Officer to the Joint Trauma System, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Safeguard Medical (D.J.G.), Harrisburg, North Carolina; United States Army Medical Center of Excellence (K.J.T.); and Joint Trauma System (E.A.M.-S.), Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas., Valdez-Delgado KK, Staudt AM, Trevino JD, Papalski WN, Greydanus DJ, Twilligear KJ, Mann-Salinas EA, VanFosson CA
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The journal of trauma and acute care surgery [J Trauma Acute Care Surg] 2021 Aug 01; Vol. 91 (2S Suppl 2), pp. S130-S138.
DOI:	10.1097/TA.0000000000003297
Abstrakt:	Background: Medics have numerous responsibilities in the combat theater, which include performing lifesaving interventions, providing basic medical and nursing care, and caring for casualties in a variety of scenarios unique to the battlefield. An evaluation of the medic predeployment training paradigm is important and will help to understand its current state and identify areas for improvement. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to perform a focused assessment of Army medic predeployment training to identify patterns that might inform future medic training. Methods: A web-based survey was created using the Intelink.gov platform and sent by e-mail to Army medics who deployed since 2001. Medics were asked to reflect upon the predeployment training from their most recent deployment experience. There were multiple choice, Likert-type scale, and free-text response questions. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results. Results: There were 254 respondents who met the study inclusion criteria. Most of the respondents had their clinical competency evaluated (68.5%, n = 174). Respondents reported several acute trauma, basic nursing, and battlefield medicine skills as being critical but also felt that many of these same skills would have benefited from additional predeployment training. Most of the respondents felt very or fully confident and prepared to provide combat casualty care (74.8%, n = 190 and 74.8%, n = 190). There were 64 respondents (25.2%) who reported feeling not at all, slightly, or moderately confident, and 54 (84.4%) of these respondents described in a free-text question wanting additional training before deployment. Conclusion: Respondents reported many skills as being critical to combat casualty care, but several of these skills would have benefited from additional predeployment training. Respondents with more deployment experience or completion of more predeployment training reported feeling more confident and prepared to provide combat casualty care. A common sentiment was the desire for more training of any form before deployment. Level of Evidence: Epidemiological, level IV. (Copyright © 2021 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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