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ArticleBMJ open2018

Out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation experience, confidence and confidence-associated factors among Northern Japanese emergency life-saving technicians: a population-based cross-sectional study.

Yuko Ono, Koichi Tanigawa, Takeyasu Kakamu, Kazuaki Shinohara, Ken Iseki

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Yuko OnoEmergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-5953-3042
Koichi TanigawaFukushima Global Medical Science Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
Takeyasu KakamuDepartment of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6920-8457
Kazuaki ShinoharaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Ohta General Hospital Foundation, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, Koriyama, Japan.
Ken IsekiEmergency and Critical Care Medical Center, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.

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World Health Organization 001
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Abstract

objectiveClinical procedural experience and confidence are both important when performing complex medical procedures. Since out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) is a complex intervention, we sought to clarify clinical ETI experience among prehospital rescuers as well as their confidence in performing ETI and confidence-associated factors.

designPopulation-based cross-sectional study conducted from January to September 2017.

settingNorthern Japan, including eight prefectures.

participantsEmergency life-saving technicians (ELSTs) authorised to perform ETI. OUTCOME MEASURES: Annual ETI exposure and confidence in performing ETI, according to a five-point Likert scale. To determine factors associated with ETI confidence, differences between confident ELSTs (those scoring 4 or 5 on the Likert scale) and non-confident ELSTs were evaluated.

resultsQuestionnaires were sent to 149 fire departments (FDs); 140 agreed to participate. Among the 2821 ELSTs working at responding FDs, 2620 returned the questionnaire (response rate, 92.9%); complete data sets were available for 2567 ELSTs (complete response rate, 91.0%). Of those 2567 respondents, 95.7% performed two or fewer ETI annually; 46.6% reported lack of confidence in performing ETI. Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that years of clinical experience (adjusted OR (AOR) 1.09; 95% CI 1.05 to 1.13), annual ETI exposure (AOR 1.79; 95% CI 1.59 to 2.03) and the availability of ETI skill retention programmes including regular simulation training (AOR 1.31; 95% CI 1.02 to 1.68) and operating room training (AOR 1.44; 95% CI 1.14 to 1.83) were independently associated with confidence in performing ETI.

conclusionsETI is an uncommon event for most ELSTs, and nearly half of respondents did not have confidence in performing this procedure. Since confidence in ETI was independently associated with availability of regular simulation and operating room training, standardisation of ETI re-education that incorporates such methods may be useful for prehospital rescuers.

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Emergency Medical TechniciansIntubation, IntratrachealAdultClinical CompetenceCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleHumansJapanMaleMiddle AgedOut-of-Hospital Cardiac ArrestSimulation TrainingSurveys and Questionnairesadvanced airway managementoperating room exposureperceived anxietyprehospital rescuerssimulation training

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PMCPMC6082470

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