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Mapping anti-violence measures for ambulance personnel
Violence-related measures against ambulance personnel: a study protocol for a scoping review with multi-framework conceptual mapping
HRB Open Research · 2026-07-28 · Added 3 November 2026
An Irish scoping-review protocol will map measures against verbal and physical violence toward ambulance personnel — reported by 57–93% of prehospital responders in a career — across five safety-science and human-factors frameworks.
- Study type
- Other
- Design
- Scoping review protocol (JBI methodology, PRISMA-ScR reporting)
- Participants
- Literature from 2014 to May 2026 across five databases
- Main finding
- Protocol only — no results yet; between 57% and 93% of prehospital responders report at least one episode of verbal or physical violence in their career
- Caveat
- A protocol with no findings, and title/abstract screening by a single principal investigator
- Bottom line
- Context only
Why it matters in Australia (Medium relevance). It's a protocol for research not yet done, but occupational violence is a live issue for Australian crews and the framework mapping should show which measures sit where in the prevention hierarchy.
Learning goal
Understand how safety-science frameworks can inform my strategies for preventing and responding to occupational violence.
More
- Topic: Workforce & wellbeing
- Daily scan: 3 November 2026
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