Demographics as Correlates to Performance among Ambulance Personnel Providing Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) Management: Basis for a Proposed Personnel Competency Program

Abstract

This research assessed the relationship between the demographics and performance among ambulance personnel providing Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) management leading to the development of a personnel competency program. Descriptive correlational research method was employed involving 75 ambulance personnel from 11 ambulance providers servicing Surigaodel Norte. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the profile and their performance in OHCA Management. Likewise, inferential statistics specifically Pearson r correlation was used to determine the relationship between variables. The study shows significant relationship existing between years of experience in ERS and ambulance personnel performance in transporting and managing OHCA patients.