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dc.contributor.authorKristin, Häikiö
dc.contributor.authorCarl Robert, Christiansen
dc.contributor.authorMorten, Bakkerud
dc.contributor.authorKim, Rand
dc.contributor.authorTrine, Staff
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Jeanette Viggen
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-22T10:26:16Z
dc.date.available2021-12-22T10:26:16Z
dc.date.created2021-10-19T09:43:46Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-18
dc.identifier.citationScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. 2021, 29 (153), .en_US
dc.identifier.issn1757-7241
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2835361
dc.description.abstractBackground: Healthcare workers have reported increased anxiety while working in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role of healthcare students in a health crisis has been discussed among clinicians and researchers. The simultaneous international shortage of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the first wave of the pandemic potentially exposed healthcare workers and students to the virus during their work and clinical training. Our aim was therefore to evaluate the extent to which paramedic students in Oslo, Norway, were exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and were involved in voluntary and/or paid healthcare-related work. An evaluation was also made of the students’ COVID-19-related symptoms and of their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during the first wave of the pandemic. Methods: Paramedic students (n = 155) at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway, were invited to complete an online survey five months after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected. The university was situated in the epicenter of the pandemic in Norway. The responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent sample t-tests, and linear regression analysis. Results: Of the 109 respondents (70.3%), 40 worked in patient-related healthcare work. Of those, seven (17.5%) students experienced insufficient supplies of PPE, six (15.0%) participated in aerosol-generating procedures without adequate PPE, and nine (22.5%) experienced insufficient time to don PPE. Seventy-five (70.1%) students experienced no COVID-19-related symptoms, and no students tested positive for COVID-19. HRQoL was scored 0.92 (sd 0.12), which was significantly higher than for the general population before the pandemic (p = 0.002). Students continued with their education and participated in a variety of pandemic-related emergency tasks during the first wave of the pandemic. Conclusions: Paramedic students were valuable contributors to the national pandemic response. Despite potential exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in unpredictable emergency settings with limited supplies of personal protection equipment, no students tested positive for COVID-19. Their health-related quality of life remained high. Students’ participation and utilization in similar health crises should be considered in future health crises.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBMCen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine;29, Article number: 153 (2021)
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectEmergency medical servicesen_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.subjectPandemicsen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectLife qualityen_US
dc.subjectHealth personnelen_US
dc.subjectEmergency medical techniciansen_US
dc.titleA retrospective survey study of paramedic students’ exposure to SARS‑CoV‑2, participation in the COVID‑19 pandemic response, and health‑related quality of lifeen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© The Author(s) 2021en_US
dc.source.articlenumber153en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-021-00967-2
dc.identifier.cristin1946904
dc.source.journalScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicineen_US
dc.source.volume29en_US
dc.source.issue153en_US
dc.source.pagenumber13en_US


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