‘We’re the First Port of Call’ – Perspectives of Ambulance Staff on Responding to Deaths by Suicide: A Qualitative Study

Frontiers in Psychology

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Pauline A. Nelson¹  Lis Cordingley²  Navneet Kapur³  Carolyn A. Chew-Graham⁶  Jenny Shaw³  Shirley Smith⁸  Barry McGale⁹  Sharon McDonnell³ 

[1] Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom;Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences, Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom;Centre for Mental Health and Safety, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom;Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom;NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom;School of Primary, Community and Social Care, Keele University, United Kingdom;NIHR Applied Research Collaboration, United Kingdom;If U Care Share Foundation, United Kingdom;Suicide Bereavement United Kingdom, United Kingdom

关键词: suicide;    suicide bereavement;    postvention;    ambulance staff;    emergency services;    first responders;    grief;    training;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00722

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Introduction Exposure to suicide is a known risk factor for suicide. Ambulance staff are exposed to work-related stressors including attending suicides, which may elevate their risk for mental health problems/suicide. Little is known about ambulance staff’s perspectives on how they experience these events and whether they feel equipped to respond to bereaved families at the scene of death. This study explores the perspectives of ambulance staff about responding to deaths by suicide.

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