Exploring violence towards EMS personnel: a multiprofessional qualitative study
Violence against EMS presents itself as a multifactorial and dynamic phenomenon involving aggressor behavior, EMS personnel actions and organizational structures. Embedding de-escalation and disengagement competencies into training, strengthening system-level safeguards and implementing post-incident support are essential. The development of predictive models on how to manage risks at every stage of the EMS mission is warranted.
Authors
- Jani Paulin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4038-3662)
- Heikki Riihimäki
- Mari Lahti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3403-5418)
- Laura-Maria Peltonen
Institutions
- University of Turku (FI)
- Turku University of Applied Sciences (FI)
- Turku University Hospital (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-026-01530-x
- Primary Topic
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00