Ambulance professionals' adaptations in prehospital services: a critical incident study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The working environment for ambulance professionals in prehospital services is complex, dynamic, and associated with a high degree of unpredictability. It is therefore essential that ambulance professionals adapt to provide high-quality and safe care, yet the research literature on how they successfully adapt in their everyday work remains sparse. The aim of this study is to address this knowledge gap by exploring adaptations in the context of prehospital services, through ambulance professionals' descriptions of successful missions.

Methods

A qualitative descriptive study was conducted using the Critical Incident Technique methodology for data collection and analysis, the latter through the processes of re-storying and cross-incident analysis. Twenty semi-structu

SUBMITTER: Erga C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12357368 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature