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Pediatric Emergency Medical Care In Yerevan, Armenia: A Knowledge And Attitudes Survey Of Out-Of-Hospital Emergency Physicians, Aline A. Baghdassarian, Ross I. Donaldson, Andrew D. Depiero, Nancy L. Chernett, Harsh Sule
Pediatric Emergency Medical Care In Yerevan, Armenia: A Knowledge And Attitudes Survey Of Out-Of-Hospital Emergency Physicians, Aline A. Baghdassarian, Ross I. Donaldson, Andrew D. Depiero, Nancy L. Chernett, Harsh Sule
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Background
Out-of-hospital emergency care is at an early stage of development in Armenia, with the current emergency medical services (EMS) system having emergency physicians (EPs) work on ambulances along with nurses. While efforts are underway by the Ministry of Health and other organizations to reform the EMS system, little data exists on the status of pediatric emergency care (PEC) in the country. We designed this study to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of out-of-hospital emergency physicians in pediatric rapid assessment and resuscitation, and identify areas for PEC improvement.
Methods
We distributed an anonymous, self-administered Knowledge and Attitudes survey to a …