Factor 1 Core professional skills α = 0.9534 | A range of clinical skills to enable them to manage a range of common emergency conditions, for example; first aid, life support, defibrillation, airway management, drug administration |
0.786
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Patient centred |
0.776
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Physically fit for the role, manually dextrous, with good hand eye coordination |
0.767
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Role model for others |
0.762
| 0.000 | 0.316 |
| Ability to learn, including the ability to use reflection and learn from experience |
0.750
| 0.330 | 0.000 |
| Commitment to self development |
0.748
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Non-judgemental, non-discriminatory |
0.736
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Literate and numerate |
0.729
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Aware of and adherence to national and local guidelines and policies |
0.711
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Professionalism |
0.710
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Awareness of evidence based practice |
0.707
| 0.000 | 0.360 |
| Communication skills: written, verbal, and electronic |
0.695
| 0.382 | 0.000 |
| Caring, empathic, and values life |
0.690
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Underpinning knowledge in law and ethics |
0.686
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Underpinning knowledge of common emergency conditions in adults and children |
0.682
| 0.391 | 0.000 |
| Awareness of and regard for professional issues such as: autonomy, accountability, confidentiality and a code of professional conduct |
0.680
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Familiarity with emergency medical equipment and its operation |
0.670
| 0.523 | 0.000 |
| Self aware, recognising personal responsibility and limitations |
0.666
| 0.387 | 0.000 |
| Practical |
0.597
| 0.466 | 0.000 |
| An understanding of current issues, clinical governance and the role of others within the wider health economy |
0.549
| 0.000 | 0.401 |
| Ability to take a history and conduct patient assessment and examination of both adults and children |
0.542
| 0.416 | 0.422 |
| Skills and knowledge from recognised emergency care courses such as: prehospital trauma life support, advanced life support, prehospital paediatric life support |
0.501
| 0.000 | 0.410 |
| Honest |
0.426
| 0.000 | 0.000 |
Factor 2
| Familiarity with local operational area | 0.000 |
0.816
| 0.000 |
Individual and collaborative approaches to health and safety α = 0.8157 | Skills and underpinning knowledge of advanced driving | 0.000 |
0.727
| 0.000 |
Skills and awareness of manual handling and health and safety | 0.448 |
0.670
| 0.000 |
Team player with ability to work alone | 0.000 |
0.618
| 0.525 |
Mental health skills | 0.355 |
0.586
| 0.000 |
Brave | 0.000 |
0.575
| 0.000 |
Common sense | 0.447 |
0.498
| 0.000 |
Factor 3
| Leadership, mentoring, and supervision | 0.000 | 0.000 |
0.796
|
Management of self and clinical situations α = 0.8363 | Skills in clinical and personnel management | 0.000 | 0.000 |
0.752
|
Research, statistics, and information retrieval skills | 0.000 | 0.000 |
0.752
|
Skills in teaching and presentation | 0.000 | 0.000 |
0.691
|
Intellectual skills to enable the interpretation of clinical data, the implementation of clinical judgement and decision making and the formulation of a diagnosis | 0.000 | 0.000 |
0.685
|
Underpinning knowledge in biological sciences including anatomy, physiology, and pathology | 0.493 | 0.000 |
0.607
|