caa a22 4500 605468249 CHVBK 20210128100315.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10049-015-1989-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10049-015-1989-1 Prehospital care in Sweden [Elektronische Daten] From a transport organization to advanced healthcare [V. Lindström, K. Bohm, L. Kurland] Präklinische Versorgung in Schweden Von einer Transportorganisation zu hochentwickelter medizinischer Versorgung Background: Prehospital care, starting from the patient's first contact with the emergency medical call centre and including medical care provided in the ambulance, is part of the continuum of care defined as emergency medicine (EM). Sweden has a network of emergency medical call centres that are all reached by one telephone number and staffed by nurses, among other personnel. Objective: This review presents a summary of the prehospital care systems currently in place in Sweden, the role of the physician and the future challenges in this evolving and important field. Results and conclusions: Since 2005, the presence of registered nurses in ambulance teams has become a requirement. This proved to be a turning point in the development of advanced care in the prehospital setting in Sweden. Due to overcrowding in emergency departments, the ambulance services work to steer patients from the ambulance directly to definitive care. Although there are limited numbers of physicians in the prehospital setting today, this should change as the specialty of EM grows stronger. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Emergency medicine nationallicence Prehospital care nationallicence Emergency medical call centre nationallicence Nurses nationallicence Emergency physicians nationallicence Notfallmedizin nationallicence Präklinische Versorgung nationallicence Rettungsdienst-Leitstelle nationallicence Krankenpfleger nationallicence Notärzte nationallicence Lindström V. Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Sjukhusbacken 10, Södersjukhuset, 118 83, Stockolm, Sweden aut Bohm K. Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Sjukhusbacken 10, Södersjukhuset, 118 83, Stockolm, Sweden aut Kurland L. Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Sjukhusbacken 10, Södersjukhuset, 118 83, Stockolm, Sweden aut Notfall + Rettungsmedizin Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/2(2015-03-01), 107-109 1434-6222 18:2<107 2015 18 10049 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-015-1989-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10049-015-1989-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lindström V. Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Sjukhusbacken 10, Södersjukhuset, 118 83, Stockolm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bohm K. Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Sjukhusbacken 10, Södersjukhuset, 118 83, Stockolm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kurland L. Department of Clinical Science and Education, Karolinska Institutet, Sjukhusbacken 10, Södersjukhuset, 118 83, Stockolm, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Notfall + Rettungsmedizin Springer Berlin Heidelberg 18/2(2015-03-01), 107-109 1434-6222 18:2<107 2015 18 10049