A Study on Perception types of Emergency Medical Technology major Student's concerning the Female 119 Paramedics: Focusing on a Q-Methodology Approach

Abstract

A B S T R A C T KEYWORDSThis research is about Department of Emergency medical services students' cognition type of female 119 paramedics. The purpose of this research is to understand department of emergency medical servises students' cognition of female 119 paramedics and identify characteristics classified by types. To this end, applying Q-method, this research objectively analyzes 72 department of emergency medical services students' reaction who complete the field training about ambulance about female 119 paramedics. The result of the department of emergency medical services students recognized type of female 119 paramedics could be typed into four types. The type Ⅰ is recognized as "Stamina limit type", the type Ⅱ as "expert type", the type Ⅲ as "guardian angel type", and the type Ⅳ as "feminine experience type". The type Ⅰ has 28.3%, the type Ⅱ has 12.7%, the type Ⅲ has 6%, and the type Ⅳ has 3.8% explanation power, and these explain 51% of total variable. Generally department of emergency medical services students' cognition of female 119 paramedic is that they are expert in first aid but students' cognition is negative because of female 119 paramedic's limit of stamina, exposure to danger, and giving birth and infant care thus we should arrange solution of these cognition.