“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 organization 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 “Health care provided by health and medical personnel in or adjacent to the ambulance” and finally, prehospital emergency care is defined as “Immediat e medical interventions of health healthcare professionals outside the hospital” [3,4].
Source: International Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research