Journal article
Establishing Consensus-based Objectives for the Creation of an Opioid Overdose Curriculum for Emergency Medical Services Clinicians
AEM education and training, Vol.5(2), pp.e10499-n/a
04/2021
DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10499
PMCID: PMC8019192
PMID: 33842812
Abstract
Emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians are on the front lines of the opioid epidemic and are often the first health care personnel system to contact patients experiencing opioid toxicity. Although national educational guidelines include opioid toxicity, no specific standardized prehospital educational objectives or competencies exist. The goal of this project was to identify objectives for an EMS opioid toxicity curriculum that could be used for EMS training.
A list of preliminary educational objectives from U.S. EMS training programs was compiled and reviewed by a group of experts. The Delphi method was used to attain consensus on a final list of objectives for an EMS opioid curriculum.
A total of 107 opioid-related preliminary objectives were identified and then narrowed down to 81 preliminary objectives after accounting for redundancy. After four successive rounds of evaluating/accepting/rejecting objectives, 18 final objectives were identified and unanimously approved by the expert panel.
We identified 18 objectives to serve as a framework for an opioid toxicity curriculum for EMS clinicians. These objectives can serve as a basis for creating a standardized didactic training program for EMS training programs nationwide. Further evaluation will be needed to explore the best means for educational program delivery.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Establishing Consensus-based Objectives for the Creation of an Opioid Overdose Curriculum for Emergency Medical Services Clinicians
- Creators
- Joshua D Trebach - Johns Hopkins HospitalMatthew Levy - Johns Hopkins HospitalFahad Ali - Saudi Aramco Medical Services OrganizationGillian Beauchamp - Lehigh Valley Health NetworkRana Biary - the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine Division of Medical Toxicology NYU Langone Health New York NY.Christopher Everett - the Department of Fire and Rescue Services Howard County Marriottsville MD.Asa Margolis - Johns Hopkins HospitalPhilip Stuart Nawrocki - Allegheny General HospitalJonathan C Wendell - Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsJohn Zour - the Department of Fire and Rescue Services Howard County Marriottsville MD.Andrew Stolbach - Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- AEM education and training, Vol.5(2), pp.e10499-n/a
- DOI
- 10.1002/aet2.10499
- PMID
- 33842812
- PMCID
- PMC8019192
- ISSN
- 2472-5390
- eISSN
- 2472-5390
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2021
- Academic Unit
- Emergency Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984296979002771
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