Abstract: Objective To investigate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of emergency rescue for public health emergencies among medical staff at public hospitals in Dongying City, and analyze their influencing factors. Methods Medical staff from eight public hospitals in Dongying City were selected by stratified random sampling method. The basic information of medical staff was collected by questionnaire survey, and the knowledge, attitude, and practice related to public health emergencies were investigated. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors of each dimension score of medical staff. Results Among 1 246 medical staff, the scores of knowledge, attitude, and practice of emergency rescue were （77.94±9.61）, （25.84±2.58）, and （27.84±5.30） respectively. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that age （β´=0.156, 0.148）, secondary hospital （β´=0.137, 0.086）, tertiary hospital （β´=0.364, 0.276）, doctors （β´=0.630, 0.475）, nurses （β´=0.503, 0.394）, internal medicine department （β´=0.552, 0.400）, surgery department （β´=0.531, 0.440）, emergency department （β´=0.331, 0.235）, pediatrics （β´=0.288, 0.236）, gynaecology and obstetrics （β´=0.304, 0.240）, junior title （β´=0.471, 0.403）, intermediate title （β´=0.501, 0.428）, senior title （β´=0.402, 0.367）, emergency rescue experience （β´=0.232, 0.331）, and emergency rescue training or exercise experience （β´=0.099, 0.189） were the factors influencing knowledge and practice scores （P<0.01 or P<0.05）. Age （β´=0.103）, emergency rescue experience （β´=0.367）, and emergency rescue training or exercise experience （β´=0.452） were the influencing factors of attitude score （all P<0.01）. Conclusions Medical staff at public hospitals in Dongying City have a high level of attitude of emergency rescue for public health emergencies, and there is room for improvement in knowledge and practice. The scores of knowledge, attitude, and practice in emergency rescue are affected by many factors, such as age, hospital grade, position, and department.

Key words: Medical staff, Public health emergency, Emergency rescue, Knowledge, attitude, and practice