Survey of the Situation of the Prehospital Emergency Medical Services System in Iran

Objective The present study investigated the status of prehospital emergency medical services in Iran in 1402. Research Method: In order to examine the use and components of the current status of the country's prehospital emergency medical system services, a qualitative study using inductive qualitative analysis was conducted through semi-structured interviews with 38 experts, managers, and dozens of prehospital services across the country and 5 prehospital service providers. To conduct the interviews, a semi-structured interview guide was designed based on a review of related studies and with specialists and experts in this field. The method used in this study for data analysis was content analysis. Data analysis was conducted using an inductive qualitative method. MAXQDA10 software was used to perform data analysis. Findings: The findings of the present study are presented in the form of 8 themes (Qin and policies, human resource management, infrastructure, challenges of public education and information, service delivery process, responsible organization, and service delivery model) Conclusion The current service delivery model does not meet the needs of society and needs to be changed in the existing model. Therefore, it is suggested that by strengthening the Independence House at the level of the ministry and universities, providing services with a hybrid model, piloting prehospital emergency medical services by other institutions from families, municipalities, special departments in regions of the country and weaknesses and weaknesses and comparing it with the current situation and reflecting its results at the level of national services, prehospital services.