Assessing the Status of pre-Hospital Emergency Ambulance Equipment in Khorramabad city based on the Standard of Iranian Ministry of Health in 2021

 Pre-hospital emergency bases need appropriate equipment and facilities to provide appropriate and satisfactory services. Therefore, the present study was designed and conducted with the aim of comparing the status of pre-hospital emergency service in Khorramabad with the standard of pre-hospital emergency equipment determined by the Ministry of Health (latest edition).

 This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was performed in 2021. Census method was used for inclusion of participants from 13 urban and road pre-hospital emergency bases in Khorramabad. The status of the equipment was checked and determined based on the standard checklist. To analyze the data, SPSS software version 23 was used and analysis was performed using descriptive and analytical statistics. P-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

 The average score of medical equipment was 337 (48.4%), for non-medical equipment it was 28 (38.9%), and in total, pre-hospital emergency bases received only 365 points (48%) of medical and non-medical equipment standard. There was a significant relationship between the educational degree of the base manager and the average total score of the equipment (P = 0.025). Work experience of the base manager (P = 0.45), the employment status of the base manager (P = 0.796), the type of base (P = 0.524), and base age (P = 0.808) had no significant relationship with the mean total score of the equipment.

 The status of equipment in pre-hospital emergency ambulances is far from the standards and this factor can reduce the quality of pre-hospital emergency services. More attention needs to be paid to controlling the condition of pre-hospital emergency ambulance equipment.