Resiliency Improvements in Medical Emergency Staff in Burn Missions: A Qualitative Study in an Iranian Context

Medical emergency staff complete understanding of the nature of resiliency in burn events is a prerequisite for improving the quality of clinical service delivery in prehospital burn events. The present study aimed to describe resiliency in view of medical emergency staff in burn events. The present qualitative study was performed using a content analysis method. In total, 18 Iranian emergency care personnel participated in the study. A purposeful sampling method was applied until reaching data saturation. Data was collected using semistructured interviews and field observations. Afterwards, data was analyzed by face content analysis. By analyzing 456 primary codes, four main concepts including: 1) scene safety/security, 2) effective clinical decision making, 3) selfefficacy and 4) religious support were extracted through content analysis from experiences of prehospital emergency personnel during burn care. Different factors affect resiliency improvements in medical emergency staff and consequently the quality of prehospital burn care. This study showed that various factors such as scene security/safety, effective decision making, selfefficacy and religious support are effective in the improvement of resiliency and the quality of prehospital emergency care.