Paramedic Practitioners within ambulance services: views of Australian policymakers, health professionals, and consumers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, ambulance services face overwhelming primary and urgent care presentations that they are not structurally or culturally designed to manage efficiently or effectively. One mechanism to meet this consumer demand is the implementation of Paramedic Practitioner models with postgraduate qualifications in primary and urgent care. This study explores interest-holder views on reactive Paramedic Practitioner models within Australian ambulance services.

Methods

A multidisciplinary team representing ambulance services was formed, including paramedicine, nursing, and medicine. A realist lens was adopted, and a qualitative research design using inductive thematic analysis employed. Semi-structured focus groups or interviews were conducted to obtain data from 56 parti

SUBMITTER: Wilkinson-Stokes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11987361 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature