The aim of this project is to standardize practices by focusing specifically on the challenges related to the competence of paramedic students and qualified paramedics in identifying, preventing, and preparing for threat and violence situations, rather than simply reacting to them.
Background
Paramedics are increasingly encountering threatening and violent situations. These incidents have become more common and normalized in everyday emergency medical services, growing year by year. The phenomenon is being discussed more openly and occasionally receives significant attention in national media. Training on threat and violence situations in educational institutions and workplaces varies greatly, ranging from proactive measures to reactive responses.
The project involves two companies and two wellbeing services counties. It has been prepared in close collaboration between the project implementers and experts from working life, and its content is based on development needs identified in the field.
Goal
The objective of the project is to increase the EMS professionals and paramedic students’ capabilities to recognize, anticipate, and better prepare for threatening and violent situations in EMS and to add new knowledge of such situations and what the EMS community can learn from this.
Impact
As a result of this project, we will produce the educational material, methods, and knowledge in how to prevent and anticipate threatening and violence situations in the EMS for use in educational organizations and Wellbeing Counties to support the capabilities of their respective organizations to better prepare and respond to the changing environment in EMS. By combining the practices, graduating paramedic students will integrate into the workplace more easily and the transfer of EMS personnel moving from one working area or employer to the other will be more efficient. This project supports EMS personnel and students’ development, preparation skills and overall capabilities. With this project, future EMS personnel and EMS personnel preparedness and capabilities will improve in line with emerging societal attitudes.
Funding source
ESR+ Euroopan sosiaalirahasto 2021-2027
Main funder
Keski-Suomen ELY-keskus
Contact persons
tuija.rasku [at] tuni.fi