"It's about maintaining a calm and reassuring presence": a qualitative study about ambulance clinicians' experiences of caring for patients with breathlessness.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite breathlessness (dyspnoea) being a common and serious symptom that often necessitates ambulance care, there is still a limited understanding of how ambulance clinicians (ACs) experience and manage these situations in the pre-hospital setting. Given the potential severity and complexity of breathlessness, as well as its impact on patient outcomes, a deeper insight into ACs' perspectives is essential. This study aimed to explore ACs experiences of caring for patients with breathlessness within ambulance services.

Methods

An inductive qualitative design was employed. Data were collected through dyadic interviews with 16 ACs from two ambulance organizations in southwestern Sweden during two days in May and June 2021. The data were analyzed using qualitative con

SUBMITTER: Kauppi W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690801 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature