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
CategoriesSubcategoriesConcepts

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