“A call for a clear assignment” - A focus group study of the ambulance service in Sweden, as experienced by present and former employees

A more or less universal definition of the Ambulance Service (AS) is an organisation that provides advanced medical care to out-of-hospital patients [1 –2]. The rationale behind this study is that the Swedish context and legislation contain three somewhat poorly developed definitions; An ambulance is “a means of transportation designed and equipped for ambulance care and transport of sick and injured individuals/persons”, the AS delivers “H ealth care provided by health and medical personnel in or adjacent to the ambulance” and finally, prehospital emergency care is defined as “Immediate medical interventions of health healthcare professionals outside the hospital” [3–4].
Source: International Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research