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Tactical police medics trained but underused
The role of tactical police medics in the prehospital environment: results from an interview study
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine · Added 6 May 2026
Interview study exploring how Swedish tactical police medics view their training, role, and real-world practice — they reported being well trained but underused, with scope restrictions and inconsistent collaboration limiting what they can actually do.
- Study type
- Qualitative
- Design
- Qualitative semi-structured interview study
- Participants
- 13 Swedish tactical police medics
- Main finding
- Medics were satisfied with training but reported a mismatch between training and actual tasks, restrictions preventing care for third parties, and inconsistent collaboration with ambulance services.
- Caveat
- Small single-country qualitative sample, not generalisable
- Bottom line
- Context only
Learning goal
Understand how role clarity and interagency collaboration shape prehospital care in tactical and high-risk police operations.
More
- Topic: Operations & systems
- Daily scan: 6 May 2026
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