Paramedics in Switzerland: A Mature Profession

Thomas Schmutz, Youcef Guechi, Sandrine Denereaz, Florian Ozainne, Marc Nuoffer, Aris Exadaktylos and Vincent Ribordy
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Thomas Schmutz: Service des urgences, hôpital fribourgeois HFR, chemin des Pensionnats, 1708 Fribourg, Switzerland
Youcef Guechi: Service des urgences, hôpital fribourgeois HFR, chemin des Pensionnats, 1708 Fribourg, Switzerland
Sandrine Denereaz: École supérieure d’ambulancier et de soins d’urgence Romande, En Budron C8, 1052 Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland
Florian Ozainne: École supérieure de soins ambulanciers Genève, ch. des Bougeries 15, 1231 Conches, Switzerland
Marc Nuoffer: Medi, Zentrum für medizinische Bildung, Max-Daetwyler-Platz 2, 3014 Bern, Switzerland
Aris Exadaktylos: Universitäre Notfallzentrum, Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse 16C, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Vincent Ribordy: Service des urgences, hôpital fribourgeois HFR, chemin des Pensionnats, 1708 Fribourg, Switzerland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-6

Abstract: This paper describes how the profession of paramedics has evolved in Switzerland and takes the perspective of public health. Ambulance drivers play an important role in the health system, not only as a response to emergencies, but also by working in an interprofessional and interdisciplinary manner in response to other public health needs, such as home care, triage, telemedicine and interhospital transfers. This pre-hospital system is rapidly evolving and relies on the work of paramedics.

Keywords: paramedic; prehospital; interprofessionality; emergency medicine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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