Table 5 General emergency medicine skills
From: Have “new” methods in medical education reached German-speaking Central Europe: a survey
n | Mandatory | Voluntary | Planned | Decentralized | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Focused examination (internal medicine) | 32 | 13 | 40.6% | 10 | 31.3% | 4 | 12.5% | 16 | 50.0% |
Focused examination (neurology) | 29 | 9 | 31.0% | 6 | 20.7% | 4 | 13.8% | 17 | 58.6% |
Focused examination (trauma) | 31 | 13 | 41.9% | 8 | 25.8% | 3 | 9.7% | 15 | 48.4% |
IV access, peripheral | 37 | 21 | 56.8% | 15 | 40.5% | 4 | 10.8% | 7 | 18.9% |
IV access, central | 29 | 8 | 27.6% | 17 | 58.6% | 4 | 13.8% | 7 | 24.1% |
Arterial line | 31 | 7 | 22.6% | 15 | 48.4% | 5 | 16.1% | 8 | 25.8% |
Bag-valve ventilation | 35 | 24 | 68.6% | 12 | 34.3% | 1 | 2.9% | 15 | 42.9% |
Orotracheal intubation | 35 | 25 | 71.4% | 9 | 25.7% | 2 | 5.7% | 14 | 40.0% |
Alternative airway devices (LT, LMA etc.) | 34 | 22 | 64.7% | 7 | 20.6% | 3 | 8.8% | 14 | 41.2% |
Wound dressing | 33 | 16 | 48.5% | 12 | 36.4% | 6 | 18.2% | 10 | 30.3% |
Simple cutaneous sutures | 37 | 21 | 56.8% | 17 | 45.9% | 5 | 13.5% | 14 | 37.8% |
Splinting of extremities | 31 | 16 | 51.6% | 7 | 22.6% | 2 | 6.5% | 14 | 45.2% |
C-spine stabilization | 33 | 21 | 63.6% | 8 | 24.2% | 1 | 3.0% | 11 | 33.3% |
Extrication of injured patient | 31 | 19 | 61.3% | 6 | 19.4% | 2 | 6.5% | 10 | 32.3% |
AED usage | 34 | 23 | 67.6% | 6 | 17.6% | 2 | 5.9% | 12 | 35.3% |
Defibrillator- (manual, semi-manual) usage | 33 | 25 | 75.8% | 5 | 15.2% | 2 | 6.1% | 11 | 33.3% |
Emergency ECG interpretation | 34 | 21 | 61.8% | 10 | 29.4% | 2 | 5.9% | 11 | 32.4% |
Emergency radiology interpretation | 30 | 6 | 20.0% | 8 | 26.7% | 6 | 20.0% | 18 | 60.0% |
Trauma emergency sonography (FAST etc.) | 24 | 5 | 20.8% | 6 | 25.0% | 3 | 12.5% | 13 | 54.2% |
Advanced trauma care (ATLS, ETC etc.) | 27 | 8 | 29.6% | 11 | 40.7% | 4 | 14.8% | 12 | 44.4% |
Basic life support (ERC/AHA) | 35 | 26 | 74.3% | 6 | 17.1% | 2 | 5.7% | 13 | 37.1% |
Advanced life support (ERC/AHA) | 35 | 23 | 65.7% | 6 | 17.1% | 3 | 8.6% | 13 | 37.1% |