Joshua D Trebach1, Matthew Levy1,2, Fahad Ali3, Gillian Beauchamp4, Rana Biary5, Christopher Everett2, Asa Margolis1, Philip Stuart Nawrocki6, Jonathan C Wendell7, John Zour2, Andrew Stolbach1. 1. Department of Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore MD. 2. the Department of Fire and Rescue Services Howard County Marriottsville MD. 3. Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Dharhan Saudi Arabia. 4. the Department of Emergency and Hospital Medicine Division of Medical Toxicology Lehigh Valley Health Network Allentown PA. 5. the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine Division of Medical Toxicology NYU Langone Health New York NY. 6. Emergency Medicine Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh PA. 7. and Anne Arundel County Fire Department Millersville MD.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSION: 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.
OBJECTIVES: 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. METHODS: 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. RESULTS: 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. CONCLUSION: 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.
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