“The questions made me realize how many times I could have been saved and removed from that situation”: The experiences of patients attended to by paramedics for intimate partner violence, and actionable implementations for paramedicine

Personal, situational, practitioner, paramedic service, and broad systemic infrastructure challenges cause survivors of IPV to be underserviced by paramedic services. Inadequate intervention efforts may be harmful or fatal for survivors. Survivor-derived solutions may guide paramedic service improvements. With improved service delivery, paramedics could evolve into reliable and useful resources for survivors of IPV.