Research group In the research group EmCare, new knowledge is developed regarding the assessment of care needs, symptom relief, and interventions regardless of location to promote health in the event of unexpected and acute injury or illness.
Emergency Care faces significant challenges. Reasons for these challenges include an aging population with complex care needs and organizational changes within the healthcare services. In the research group EmCare, new knowledge is developed regarding the assessment of acute care needs, symptom relief, and care interventions regardless of context, to promote health in the event of unexpected and acute injury or illness. The research questions answered are based on patients, their families, and healthcare personnel perspectives to explore the significance of nursing, caring, and patient safety in a diversity of emergency care settings.
Emergency nursing is defined as the care of individuals of all ages with perceived or physical or emotional alterations of health that are undiagnosed or that require further care intervention. Nursing research is based on the individual's experiences, reactions, and needs in their life situation. Knowledge developed in EmCare can be applied at the individual, group, and societal levels. The field is built on the fundamental scientific basis of nursing and on evidence-based knowledge to ensure patient safety and high-quality care.
The researchers in EmCare have contributed to a deeper understanding of various aspects of emergency care, ranging from prehospital emergency care and critical care practices, patient safety, nursing interventions, clinical competence, and patient experiences to medical education and interprofessional collaboration in various clinical settings.
Current research projects conducted by researchers and doctoral students within EmCare:
