Exploring the challenges to telephone triage in pre-hospital emergency care: a qualitative content analysis

Autor: Fateme Mohammadi, Ali Khani Jeihooni, Parisa Sabetsarvestani, Fozieh Abadi, Mostafa Bijani
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: BMC Health Services Research, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08585-z
Popis: Abstract Background One of the important indices for the efficacy of pre-hospital emergency services is telephone triage. The dispatching team members are faced with many challenges in telephone triage which can adversely affect their performance. This study was conducted in the south of Iran to determine the challenges to telephone triage in pre-hospital emergency services. Method The present study is qualitative-descriptive where the sample was selected purposefully. Data were collected through 18 semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 18 dispatching team members in pre-hospital emergency care. The collected qualitative data were analyzed using the content analysis approach recommended by Graneheim and Lundman. Results Analysis of the data resulted in the emergence of three themes and ten sub-themes. The three main themes extracted from the data included inefficient interaction, insufficient and unreal information, and professional challenges. Conclusion The dispatching unit personnel in pre-hospital emergency care are confronted with various interactional, organizational, and professional issues. Accordingly, the senior managers in emergency departments should take effective measures to remove the existing barriers toward improving the efficacy of telephone triage and, by extension, the quality of pre-hospital emergency care services.
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