Riding third : exploring the role of social work in ambulance work

• Main Author: Campbell, Hilary
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2011
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33737

The research explains whether the creation of a new social work role would benefit situations in ambulance work, what this role would look like, and provides recommendations for the education of this position. An ethnographic study included semi-structured interviews, observations, and a collection of vignettes, with data collected over 300 hours while riding on ambulances in various locations. Data collected suggests that a social work role would provide needed psychosocial care during ambulance calls and would possess unique qualities and challenges from other traditional social work roles.