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Emergency medical technicians' experiences with unplanned births outside institutions: A qualitative interview study.
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- Development of examination objectives for the Korean paramedic and emergency medical technician examination: a survey study.Journal of educational evaluation for health professions · 2024Article
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- EMS Interventions during Planned Out-of-Hospital Births with a Midwife: A Retrospective Analysis over Four Years in the Polish Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Midwives' experiences with accompaniment service work in Norway: A qualitative study.European journal of midwifery · 2023Article
- Research protocol for delivering on the front line: a qualitative exploration of paramedics' experiences of providing pre-hospital maternity care in the United Kingdom.British paramedic journal · 2022Article
- Out-of-hospital births and the experiences of emergency ambulance clinicians and birthing parents: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Migrant Somali women's experiences with their first contact with the labor ward prior to admission: A qualitative study.European journal of midwifery · 2022Article
- Suspected Labour as a Reason for Emergency Medical Services Team Interventions in Poland-A Retrospective Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
aimTo explore emergency medical technicians' experiences with unplanned births outside institutions.
designA qualitative interview study.
methodsIndividual semi-structured interviews with 12 emergency medical technicians in Norway. Systematic text condensation was used to analyse the data material.
resultsAnalysis showed that there is a mismatch between society's expectations about emergency medical technicians and the reality they encounter in out-of-hospital maternity care, that emergency medical technicians experience a general lack of training in caring for labouring women and that poor communication with other health professions challenges patient safety. The participants expressed how they do their best in caring for both mother and child, in spite of a lack of education, training and competence in assisting labouring women.
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