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Patients' lived experiences of breathlessness prior to prehospital care - A phenomenological study.
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- Exploring realism in high-fidelity ambulance simulation: ambulance clinicians' perspectives on correspondence with everyday practice.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2026Article
- "We need to accept our limited resources": a qualitative study exploring ambulance clinicians' experiences of working conditions when caring for patients with breathlessness.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
- "It's about maintaining a calm and reassuring presence": a qualitative study about ambulance clinicians' experiences of caring for patients with breathlessness.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Patients' lived experiences of breathlessness prior to prehospital care - A phenomenological study.Nursing open · 2022Article
- How Patients Who Are Transported by Ambulance Experience Dyspnea and the Use of a Dyspnea Scale: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
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objectivesThe study aimed to describe how breathlessness is experienced by patients prior to prehospital care.
designA qualitative phenomenological design.
methodsLifeworld interviews were conducted with 14 participants. The analysis was carried out within the descriptive phenomenological framework.
resultsThe essential meaning of the breathlessness phenomenon is described as an existential fear in terms of losing control over one's body and dying, which involves a battle to try to regain control. This is further described by four constituents: being in an unknown body, striving to handle the situation, the ambiguity of having loved ones close and reaching the utmost border.
conclusionsPatients describe a battling for survival. It is at the extreme limit of endurance that patients finally choose to call the emergency number. It is a challenge for the ambulance clinician (AC) to support these patients in the most optimal fashion.
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