Research Article
Exploring Factors Affecting Emergency Medical Services Staffs’ Decision about Transporting Medical Patients to Medical Facilities
Table 1
Affecting factors of emergency medical services staffs’ decision about transporting medical patients to medical facilities.
| Main theme: degree of perceived risk to staffs’ selves and to patients | Categories | Subcategories | Concepts |
| Patient’s condition |
Physical health status
| Presence of normal physiological parameters; the presence of pathologic conditions | Absence of normal physiological parameters | Presence of an obvious, serious disease |
Socioeconomic status
| Patient’s support system | Patient and his family’s educational status | Patient and his family’s financial status |
Cultural background
| Confidence | Beliefs and attitudes |
| The context of the EMS mission |
Characteristics of the mission
| Response time | Possibility of obtaining advice | Equipment | Special cases |
EMS staffs’ characteristics
| Reasoning ability | Physical health status | Perceived support |
|
|