Identifying Features of a System of Practice to Inform a Contemporary Competency Framework for Paramedics in Canada

Healthcare, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(9), P. 946 - 946

Published: May 5, 2024

Introduction: Paramedic practice is highly variable, occurs in diverse contexts, and involves the assessment management of a range presentations varying acuity across lifespan. As result, attempts to define paramedic have been challenging incomplete. This has led inaccurate or under-representations that can ultimately affect education, assessment, delivery care. In this study, we outline our efforts better identify, explore, represent professional when developing national competency framework for paramedics Canada. Methods: We used systems-thinking approach identify settings, features, influences on makes use role influence system features at microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, supra-macrosystem, chronosystem levels ways provide new insights. methods such as rich pictures, diagramming, systems mapping explore relationships between these contexts features. Findings: When examine paramedicine, multiple layers become evident within them start see details ought be considered any future development work. Our exploration highlights considers person receiving care, caregivers, paramedics. It collaboration co-located dispersed teams are composed other health social care professionals, public safety personnel, others. Practice enacted geographical, cultural, social, technical subject policy, regulatory, legislative influence. Conclusion: Using approach, developed detailed map inform initial stages more representative, comprehensive, contemporary

Language: Английский

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Workplace Violence against Emergency Medical Services (EMS): a prospective 12-month cohort study evaluating prevalence and risk factors within a large, multistate EMS agency

Prehospital Emergency Care, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 13

Published: Oct. 2, 2024

To determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of workplace violence (WPV) experienced by emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians across a large, multistate ground/air EMS agency.

Language: Английский

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Identifying Features of a System of Practice to Inform a Contemporary Competency Framework for Paramedics in Canada

Published: March 26, 2024

Introduction Paramedic practice is highly variable, occurs in diverse contexts, and involves the assessment management of a range presentations varying acuity across lifespan. As result, attempts to define paramedic have been challenging incomplete. This has led inaccurate or under-representations that can ultimately affect education, assessment, delivery care. In this study, we outline our efforts better identify, explore, represent professional when revising national competency framework for paramedics Canada. Methods We used systems thinking approach identify settings, features, influences on makes use role influence system features at microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, supra-macro system, chronosystem levels ways provide new insights. methods such as rich pictures, diagramming, mapping explore relationships between these contexts features. Findings When examine paramedicine, multiple layers become evident within them start see details ought be considered any future development work. Our exploration highlights considers person-receiving care, caregivers, paramedics. It collaboration co-located dispersed teams are composed other health social care professionals, public safety personnel, others. Practice enacted geographical, cultural, social, technical subject policy, regulatory, legislative influence. Conclusion Using approach, developed detailed map inform initial stages more representative, comprehensive, contemporary

Language: Английский

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Paramedic occupational violence: A qualitative examination of aggressive behaviour during out-of-hospital care

Paramedicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(6), P. 248 - 259

Published: Aug. 1, 2024

Occupational violence (OV) is an insidious problem for emergency medical services with continued high levels of paramedic exposure despite significant education and resources devoted to mitigation. Though there considerable data on the epidemiology phenomenon, available evidence experiences paramedics exposed acts during healthcare limited. Utilising a generic qualitative approach semi-structured interview framework, we examined perceptions 25 Australian who had been incidents patient-initiated out-of-hospital care. A general inductive methodology first- second-cycle coding process assisted in development principal concepts patient from raw data. Subsequently, further four main themes 15 secondary were developed which characterise influence social interaction evolution OV. The results this study provide unique insight into phenomenon As opposed rudimentary manifestation aggression typically endorsed by services, aggressive behaviour presents as judicious dynamic scene management situational context. interactions that occur healthcare, premises both promote suppress connection, identified exert behaviour. consequences these findings challenge traditional mitigation strategies seek position focal point initiation key its extenuation.

Language: Английский

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Violence against healthcare and public safety professionals: is bill C-321 a solution?

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26(4), P. 221 - 223

Published: Feb. 8, 2024

Language: Английский

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Where care meets crisis: Rethinking our approach to occupational violence in paramedicine

Paramedicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 10, 2024

Language: Английский

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Insufficient Readiness to Encounter Patients Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence and Intimate Partner Violence-Caused Brain Injury Among Paramedics: Alarm Bells for Implementing Education, Training, and Infrastructure

Journal of Family Violence, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 12, 2024

Language: Английский

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