Paramedics’ perceptions of their scope of practice in caring for patients with non-medical emergency-related mental health and/or alcohol and other drug problems: A qualitative study

• Terence V. McCann ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: terence.mccann@vu.edu.au

  Affiliation Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1109-0438

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• Michael Savic,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Turning Point, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Nyssa Ferguson,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Turning Point, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Emma Bosley,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Queensland Ambulance Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Karen Smith,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ambulance Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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• Louise Roberts,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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• Kate Emond,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Rural Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health, Science and Engineering, La Trobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

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• Dan I. Lubman

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Turning Point, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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