Abstract: The Saudi emergency medical system now presents significant difficulties for female paramedics (EMS). The purpose of this study was to examine how EMS specialists, leaders, managers, and academics perceived the difficulties Saudi Arabian female paramedics faced in the country's EMS workforce.
This was a cross-sectional survey design using convenience sampling of the public in Riyadh city by self-administered English and Arabic language questionnaires. Questionnaire validity was assessed by face and content validity. The survey received 312 responses, with men making up 67% of the total. The sample included 56.73% non-medical individuals and 44% medical participants (40% paramedics, 22% doctors, 12% nurses, and 23% other), of whom 53% and 63%, respectively, strongly agreed about the significance of female paramedics. Additionally, 20% of medical participants and 30% of non-medical participants in the male participant group declined medical assistance because female paramedics weren't available, and 6% of medical participants and 8% of non-medical participants strongly disagreed with how their female relatives were treated by male paramedics.
Keywords: emergency medical system, female paramedics, EMS specialists, EMS workforce.
Title: Public perception of female paramedics at King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia
Author: Yasir A.Ahmed, Salem M. AlMutairi, Adel Nhair AlAnazi, Emtenan Tareq AlMutairi, Mohammed Mudayni AlAsmari, Khalid Jaber Hulal, Abrahim Mohammd Alsaif, Shaker Mansour AlMutairi, Defahhah Hamoud Almutairi
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
Vol. 10, Issue 2, October 2022 - March 2023
Page No: 35-41
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Published Date: 17-October-2022
