EMS Safety

This project aims to combine the practices of improving the recognition, prevention and preparation of the approach covering the threat and violence in exchange for more reactive practices. The target group of this group project is paramedics working in welfare areas and paramedic students at universities of applied sciences. The group project aims for a total of

200 participants (80 women) from the above-mentioned target groups. Two companies and

two Wellbeing Counties participate in this project. This project has been prepared with the collaboration of the project partners and work life specialist. The project scope is derived from the development needs of the EMS work life. 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. 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 to 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.