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Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2023, vol. 29, issue3
Subject Area: Public Health
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DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2023293.5116
Published online: 25 September 2023
Original article
J of IMAB. 2023 Jul-Sep;29(3):5116-5119
PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS AND CHALLENGES AHEAD OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE IN BULGARIA
Deyana Todorova
, Albena Andonova,
Department Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
PURPOSE: The article aims to determine the most common problematic aspects and challenges ahead of the medical professionals working in emergency medical care in the Republic of Bulgaria. For that reason, scientific developments, reports and publications of researchers and experts have been studied and analyzed.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: A survey was conducted via an interview and direct anonymous questionnaire throughout the first quarter of 2019 amongst 325 respondents.
RESULTS: The medical professionals providing emergency medical care face numerous challenges that require instant and adequate measures. Options for overcoming the difficulties that medical professionals face daily are sought at all levels of the hierarchy. A lot of work is done in the direction of a real interaction between all the subjects.
CONCLUSIONS: The issues of the EMC require complex, radical measures.
Keywords: Center for Emergency Medical Care (CEMC), issues, problematic aspects, medical professionals, challenges,
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Please cite this article as: Todorova D, Andonova A. Problematic aspects and challenges ahead of the medical professionals working in emergency medical care in Bulgaria. J of IMAB. 2023 Jul-Sep;29(3):5116-5119. [Crossref - 10.5272/jimab.2023293.5116]
Correspondence to: Deyana Todorova, Department of Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University Stara Zagora; 11, Armeyska Str., Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; E-mail: deyanatodorova@abv.bg
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Received: 31 March 2023
Published online: 25 September 2023