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.

中文翻译：

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制定国家救护车复原小组（Naru）中专业护理人员角色的实际就业标准

目的

为国家救护车复原小组 (NARU) 的专业护理人员制定基于证据的特定于角色的身体雇佣标准和测试。

方法

62 名（53 名男性，9 名女性）护理人员对关键工作任务（标准工作绩效）进行了一系列 (1) 现实重建；(2) 对这些重建的简化、易于复制的模拟；(3) 可携带和/或可在资源或专业设备有限的情况下进行的体能测试。Pearson 相关性和普通最小乘积回归用于评估任务和测试之间的关系。重建的表现、主题专家和参与者的评分被结合起来得出可接受的最低工作表现水平，这些水平被用来确定适当的相关模拟和测试的得分。

结果

大多数表演时间与其各自的模拟高度相关（r 范围：0.73-0.90），除了那些复制水上救援（r 范围：0.28-0.47）。在适当的模拟和适应性测试中，回归兼容性区间为每个工作任务提供了三个分数。

结论

本研究为 NARU 人员提供了多样化且易于实施的身体能力评估，根据经验与工作绩效相关联，并根据组织要求提供灵活的选择。