Assessment of Factors Affects the Performance of Red Crescent Paramedics, Makkah at Saudi Arabia 2023

Abstract

Background:

     The Saudi Red Crescent Society (SRCS) plays an important role in the health care field. It is a welfare society working for all people to bring them out of disastrous situations such as road traffic accidents, fire, and floods or in any emergency state. Most of the patients are brought to hospital by some type of vehicle as private car or taxi. Some of the patients are brought to hospital by the Saudi Red Crescent Society service. This society is responsible to provide services at the places wherever any mishap takes place without any cost . Saving lives is the ultimate purpose of the Red Crescent paramedics. It is crucial to enable safe, effective, and efficient performance of paramedics globally. In Saudi Arabia, the Red Crescent faces at least over 280,000 cases every year. Satisfaction of Red Crescent paramedics plays a crucial role in assessments of the effectiveness of healthcare delivery. It is of absolute importance in the quality assessment as its comprehensive analysis can highlight both well-functioning and problematic aspects of a hospital.

 Aim of the study: To assessment Factors affects the performance of Red Crescent paramedics, Makah at Saudi Arabia 2023.

Method: cross sectional study conducted in Saudi Red Crescent in  Makah in Saudi Arabia in Sample red crescent paramedics, consists of Saudi red crescent paramedics aged 30 <50 years attending , 200 paramedic staff in Makah city were invited to participate in this descriptive qualitative study. Among them, 200 paramedics agreed to participate in an in‑depth semi‑structured interview. Our total participants were (70).

Results:. Show regarding age majority of the study groups from the 35-45 years were (34.0%) regarding the marital status the majority of them single were (34.0%) regarding the education status the majority of the respondents bachelor paramedic were (53.0%) regarding the years of experience the most of the participants answer ≥20 were (47.0%) salary satisfaction the most of participant 8000-15,000 were (45.0%) while <8000 were (35.0%) while ≥15,000 were (20.0%).

Conclusion: The Saudi Red Crescent Authority has focused on building a well-defined plan to help maintain a unique content for improving the quality of red crescent  and increase red crescent paramedics satisfaction, Understanding  the factors affects the performance of red crescent paramedics to guide national preventive measures and help decision-makers to implement proper corrective actions.