Siddall, A. G., Rayson, M. P., Walker, E. F., Doherty, J., Osofa, J. I., Flood, T. R., Hale, B. J., Myers, S. D. and Blacker, S. D. (2021) Development of physical employment standards of specialist paramedic roles in the National Ambulance Resilience Unit (Naru). Applied Ergonomics, 95. ISSN 0003-6870
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Abstract
Aim: To develop evidence-based role-specific physical employment standards and tests for National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU) specialist paramedics.
Methods: Sixty-two (53 men, 9 women) paramedics performed an array of (1) realistic reconstructions of critical job-tasks (criterion job performance); (2) simplified, easily-replicable simulations of those reconstructions and; (3) fitness tests that are portable and/or practicable to administer with limited resources or specialist equipment. Pearson’s correlations and ordinary least products regression were used to assess relationships between tasks and tests. Performance on reconstructions, subject-matter expert and participant ratings were combined to derive minimum acceptable job performance levels, which were used to determine cut-scores on appropriate correlated simulations and tests.
Results: The majority of performance times were highly correlated with their respective simulations (range of r: 0.73-0.90), with the exception of those replicating water rescue (r range: 0.28-0.47). Regression compatibility intervals provided three cut-scores for each job-task on an appropriate simulation and fitness test.
Conclusion: This study provides a varied and easily-implementable physical capability assessment for NARU personnel, empirically linked to job performance, with flexible options depending on organisational requirements.
Publication Type: | Articles |
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Additional Information: | © 2021. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Physical employment standards, Paramedics, Fitness, Occupational demands |
Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QP Physiology |
Divisions: | Academic Areas > Institute of Sport > Area > Exercise Physiology |
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Depositing User: | Sam Blacker |
Date Deposited: | 20 May 2021 08:32 |
Last Modified: | 12 May 2023 01:10 |
URI: | https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/5750 |