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"You have to live with some risk, it's part of the profession". Specialist ambulance nurses' perceptions of assignments involving ongoing lethal violence
Region Skåne, Sweden.
Region Skåne, Sweden.
Kristianstad University, Sweden.
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Health and Caring Sciences. Region Skåne, Sweden;Lund University, Sweden. (Ctr Interprofess Cooperat Emergency Care CICE)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6068-6273
2023 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, E-ISSN 1757-7241, Vol. 31, no 1, article id 17Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background As a result of several violent terrorist incidents, authorities in Sweden have shifted from previous approaches of being certain that it is safe for the ambulance service to enter the scene, to a one where "safe enough" is sufficient, potentially making it possible to save more lives. The aim was therefore to describe specialist ambulance nurses' perceptions of the new approach to assignments involving incidents with ongoing lethal violence. Methods This interview study employed a descriptive qualitative design with a phenomenographic approach in accordance with Dahlgren and Fallsberg. Results Five categories containing conceptual descriptions were developed from the analysis: Collaboration, Unsafe environments, Resources, Unequipped and Risk taking and self-protection. Conclusions The findings highlight the need to ensure that the ambulance service is a learning organisation, where clinicians with experience of an ongoing lethal violence event can pass on and share their knowledge with colleagues to prepare mentally for such an event. Potentially compromised security in the ambulance service when dispatched to ongoing lethal violence incidents needs to be addressed.

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BioMed Central (BMC), 2023. Vol. 31, no 1, article id 17
Keywords [en]
Ongoing lethal violence, OLV, Ambulance nurse, Prehospital emergency care, Qualitative approach, Phenomenography, Cooperation, Rescue service, Police
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Occupational Health and Environmental Health
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Health and Caring Sciences, Caring Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-120777DOI: 10.1186/s13049-023-01082-0ISI: 000963290200001PubMedID: 37020308Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85151810541OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-120777DiVA, id: diva2:1757688
Available from: 2023-05-17 Created: 2023-05-17 Last updated: 2024-01-17Bibliographically approved

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