Exploring safety culture in the Finnish ambulance service with Emergency Medical Services Safety Attitudes Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is, by its nature, a challenging context that may create risks for both patients and employees. It is also known that an organisation's safety culture has an influence on both patient and employee safety. Finnish EMS organisations lack knowledge of how their safety culture is perceived by their employees.

Aim

This study aims to test the psychometric properties of the Emergency Medical Services Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (EMS-SAQ) in a Finnish EMS setting. We also explore the connections between individual- and organisation-based characteristics and safety attitudes in the Finnish EMS.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey study design was used. The EMS-SAQ was used to collect data via social media. The instrument measures six

SUBMITTER: Venesoja A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8507218 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature