Objective: To explore the educational measures for improving the pre-hospital care capacity of medical students in order to provide reference for strengthening the comprehensive ability of medical students’ first aid. Methods: The descriptive phenomenon of qualitative research methodology was used to conduct semi-structured interviews with a total of 15 emergency physicians, Red Cross staff, university teachers, and medical students. The data were analyzed using the Colaizzi’s 7-step method. Results: 3 themes were extracted: the shortage of pre-hospital comprehensive ability in medical students, Pre-hospital first-aid education still needs to be improved. The role of multi-educational roles such as college teachers and emergency doctors had its own merits. Conclusion: Medical students’ first aid knowledge, operation skills and emergency comprehensive quality are insufficient. It is necessary to optimize the teaching staff, improve the settings and assessment methods of medical emergency education, and gradually establish the communication mechanism between universities and public health institutions.

Medical students, Pre-hospital first aid, Qualitative research